In Obama's Washington, Spending Fights a Constant

One of the enduring themes of the U.S. presidency of Barack Obama has been the contentious fights with Republican lawmakers over government spending priorities. Time and again, the White House and Congressional Republicans have sparred over his proposals to spend more money for domestic programs, such as health-care reforms, more massive construction investment to fix the country’s deteriorating infrastructure, and environmental regulations. He often called for higher taxes on the...

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