WASHINGTON- President Barack Obama remains opposed to a short term extension of the U.S. borrowing limit without a bipartisan deal on long-term deficit reduction, the White House said Wednesday.
White House press secretary Jay Carney also said Obama wholly supported the approach taken by a group of Democratic and Republican senators to cut the U.S. deficit by $3.7 trillion through spending cuts and tax increases.
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