Sep 17, 2015 ... Arlington, VA–President Obama has said that he will veto any budget bill that  keeps spending caps in place. However, the ... “President Barack Obama will not  agree to a budget deal unless Republicans agree to spend more money, White  House Press Secretary Josh Earnest reiterated Tuesday.” (Steven ...
Like the House version, these policies also include a Buffett-rule tax, the closure  of the oil subsidies, and cuts to farm subsidies. Additionally, this bill would cut  defense spending for 2013 in excess of the amounts required by the current  sequester. But this bill has little chance of winning the 60 votes required to  override a ...
Dec 14, 2015 ... Republican candidates have portrayed the country's military spending as  woefully inadequate under the Obama administration. They say the cuts ... To  clear up the confusion, PolitiFact has answers to five common questions about  military spending and equipment under the watch of President Barack Obama.
The Democratic-led Senate passed several amended continuing resolutions for  maintaining funding at then-current sequestration levels with no additional  conditions. Political fights over this and other issues between the House on one  side and President Barack Obama and the Senate on the other led to a budget  impasse ...
Oct 22, 2015 ... While the Senate passed the legislation 70-27, Minority Leader Harry Reid, D- Nev., has said Democrats will sustain the veto if Obama nixes the bill, but that's  no guarantee. If Obama's veto stands, service members will need to keep an eye  on Dec. 11. That's when the current continuing resolution funding ...
President Barack Obama has "announced that he would not sign ANY spending bills this year unless sequestration spending cuts are eliminated."