Not much urgency to avoid automatic spending cuts

By: Associated Press - Texarkana Gazette

Associated Press President Barack Obama pauses Tuesday as he speaks about the sequester, accompanied by emergency responders—a group of workers the White House says could be affected if state and local governments lose federal money as a result of budget cuts.

WASHINGTON—Ten days before a new deadline for broad, automatic government spending cuts, the sense of urgency that surrounded other recent fiscal crises is absent. Government agencies are preparing to absorb an $85 billion hit to their budgets, and politicians, at least for now...

Published: 02/20/2013