UPDATED 13:43 PM EST, February 20, 2013
President Barack Obama says "I'm willing to work with anybody to get this job done" in trying to deflect a speeding meteor of across-the-board spending cuts headed straight for the federal government. "So my door is open."
Republicans argue his door isn't very open considering the president's refusal to consider a fix of targeted spending cuts alone, as Republicans want.
Instead, he's demanding a "balanced" package of cuts and loophole-closing tax increases.




