Obama Vows Not To Sign A Budget Bill That Doesn't Fix Sequestration
White House,Barack Obama,Sequester,Economic Policy,Politics
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President Barack Obama on Friday drew a sharp line in the sand before the next big battle over funding the government, pledging his opposition to any bill that does not alleviate the spending cuts scheduled to become law this fall.
“I will not,” the president said in an interview with The Huffington Post, when asked if he would put his signature to legislation that allowed for sequestration to come back in October this year.
“And I’ve been very clear. We are not going to have a situation where, for example, our education s
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