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Obama set to propose spending boost in next budget

Published Thu, Jan 29, 2015 · 09:50 PM

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US President Barack Obama will rally Democrats for a budget battle with Republicans by proposing a major spending boost for both domestic programmes and the military.

With his fiscal 2016 spending blueprint set for release on Feb 2, Mr Obama will address a meeting of House Democrats on Thursday in Philadelphia to supply details and an argument to carry into a fight to reverse the across-the-board budget limits known as sequestration.

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