WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior House Democrat is proposing to eliminate pending automatic spending cuts while also trimming the government’s budget in hopes of paving the way for a broader agreement over how to tame the federal deficit.
Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., says legislation he will introduce Wednesday makes a modest contribution to deficit reduction by trimming $167 billion in national security spending and $153 billion in domestic spending over the next eight years, beginning in 2014.
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