Finger-pointing trumps problem-solving on budget

UPDATED 3:00 AM EST, February 12, 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) — Just about everyone in official Washington agrees that big across-the-board spending cuts at the Pentagon and throughout domestic federal programs on March 1 are a bad idea.

So far, however, the warring tribes in the nation's capital seem more interested in finger-pointing than problem-solving.

Top House Republicans have embarked on a PR campaign reminding the public that the idea for the across-the-board cuts originated in Obama's White House.

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