WASHINGTON: A combative US President Barack Obama unveiled plans to increase government spending, in defiance of his Republican opponents controlling Congress.
Rolling out budget proposals for the coming year that would increase spending by $74 billion above an agreed cap, Obama challenged newly empowered Republicans to back measures designed to help the middle class.
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