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Analysis: Obama, GOP See No Need to Stop the Cuts Sun, 24 Feb, 2013 01:13 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) â€" Unlike in earlier rounds of budget brinkmanship, President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans both seem content to fig... Can escape clause save voting rights provision? Sun, 24 Feb, 2013 01:09 PM PST The Obama administration and civil rights groups are defending a key section of the landmark voting rights law at the Supreme Court by pointing reformed state, county and local governments to an escape hatch from the law's strictest provision. Michelle Obama schedules Springfield event Sun, 24 Feb, 2013 01:02 PM PST Obama will be in Springfield on Thursday afternoon as part of a national tour for the third anniversary of her Let's Move! campaign. Read more Sasha Obama recital, Michelle 'mom dancing': A weekend of First Family moves Sun, 24 Feb, 2013 12:53 PM PST Sasha Obama recital: President Obama took an hour off to be Dad at his youngest daughter's dance recital while a video of Michelle Obama  'mom dancing' with Jimmy Fallon went viral. Sound Off! (Feb. 24) Sun, 24 Feb, 2013 12:49 PM PST The sequester, which is receiving so much news, was the brainchild of Obama s administration in 2011. It amounts to only $44 billion a year. A drop in the bucket. The government spends that in 4 1/2 days. Liberal think tank suggests raising Chicago's minimum wage to reduce gun violence Sun, 24 Feb, 2013 12:49 PM PST A new report by one of President Obama's favorite liberal think tanks suggests that the answer to curbing Chicago's gun violence is raising the minimum wage. The Center for American Progress' Stand Up! Chicago reports finds: "Decades of research have demonstrated that there is a statistically significant link between low ... Administration warns of impact of broad budget cut Sun, 24 Feb, 2013 12:48 PM PST The Obama administration is painting a dire portrait of the many ways the public will feel the effects of automatic federal spending cuts due to begin March 1. Michelle Obama schedules Missouri event Sun, 24 Feb, 2013 12:47 PM PST First Lady Michelle Obama is scheduled to be in Missouri later this week to promote her campaign against childhood obesity. Palestinians protest inmate's death, warn Obama Sun, 24 Feb, 2013 12:46 PM PST read more Democrats, Republicans take to airwaves as 'sequester' approaches Sun, 24 Feb, 2013 12:30 PM PST WASHINGTON -- Both sides in Washington’s budget stalemate took to the airwaves Sunday, with Republican Sen. John McCain calling on President Obama to convene a summit meeting to work out an agreement.

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