President Barack Obama on Tuesday morning will stand with emergency responders at the White House, according to a White House official, to issue yet another warning to congressional Republicans ahead of across-the-board, automatic spending cuts known as the sequester. The cuts total $85 billion and are set to go into effect if a budget is not passed by March 1.
The president is scheduled to deliver his remarks at 10:45 a.m. ET. He will discuss the impact of federal cuts on emergency first responders, as well as the effect of the sequester on other jobs and the middle class, according to the official.
Obama has urged Congress to pass a short-term budget fix in the absence of a complete budget resolution. The alternative, the White House says, will derail the economy.
The White House accuses Republicans of preferring a sequester over closing tax loopholes for the nation's wealthiest. Many Republicans, including House Speaker John Boehner, have voiced their disapproval of the sequester (even though Boehner and a majority of Republicans voted for the fiscal cliff plan that maintained it), and have pushed the president and Democrats to offer a concrete alternative that tackles debt and deficit problems.
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