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it s happening because a choice that republicans in congress have made. they ve allowed these cuts to happen because they refused to budge on closing a single wasteful loophole to help reduce the deficit. reporter: president obama and congressional leaders met for less than an hour. they did not even discuss alternatives to the spending cuts or when they might again talk about a solution. the impediment is this. mr. obama wants to raise taxes on millionaires or eliminate corporate tax loopholes. republicans say they raised $600 billion in the fiscal cliff deal and now is the time they say to focus on spending cuts. the prot got his tax hikes on january 1st. this discussion about revenue in my view is over. washington has got a spending addiction and it s time to begin to deal with that addiction. reporter: the cuts will hit every single agency. friday they canceled 11 ship maintenance projects in virginia. other agencies prepared orders for mandatory time off without
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