Budget unveiled

US Government Printing office workers open cartons containing US President <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PEPLT007408" title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/politics/government/barack-obama-PEPLT007408.topic">Barack Obama</a>'s FY2013 Budget as it is delivered to congress on Capitol HIll in <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PLGEO100101200000000" title="Washington, DC" href="/topic/us/washington-dc-PLGEO100101200000000.topic">Washington, DC</a>. <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="ORGOV0000004" title="Republican Party" href="/topic/politics/parties-movements/republican-party-ORGOV0000004.topic">Republicans</a> will use Obama's budget, for fiscal year 2013, as ammunition for their argument heading into November's election that Obama is a prophet of a big spending government that is not consistent with core American values. The Obama budget is being seen on all sides as a partisan document that has little chance of being voted into law.

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US Government Printing office workers open cartons containing US President Barack Obama's FY2013 Budget as it is delivered to congress on Capitol HIll in Washington, DC. Republicans will use Obama's budget, for fiscal year 2013, as ammunition for their argument heading into November's election that Obama is a prophet of a big spending government that is not consistent with core American values. The Obama budget is being seen on all sides as a partisan document that has little chance of being voted into law.

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