Pushed by the new GOP freshmen to uphold a campaign pledge, the House Appropriations Committee announced moments ago that it plans to increase its proposed cuts to this year's budget from $74 billion to $100 billion from what President Obama had originally requested.Committee Chairman Hal Rogers, R-Ky., had planned to release the appropriations bill today in anticipation of next week's vote, but pressure from the right prompted him to make deeper cuts.
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Facing the unappealing prospect of meeting his Russian counterpart with their nuclear arms deal unraveling, President Obama Thursday intensified pressure on the Senate to ratify START. "The key point here is this is not about politics -- it's about national security," Obama said. "This is not a matter that can be delayed."
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