WASHINGTON — Unlike in earlier rounds of budget brinkmanship, President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans both seem content to fight out their latest showdown on the current terrain, let across-the-board spending cuts take effect on March 1 and allow them to stay in place for weeks if not much longer.
ANALYSIS: From Obama and GOP, no urgency to stop spending cuts
Sunday, February 24, 2013 | 6:00 a.m. CST
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