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WASHINGTON - Heralding a new era of divided government, President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans pledged warily to seek common ground on tax cuts and reduced spending Tuesday in their first meeting since tumultuous midterm elections.
Obama also made a strong plea to Senate Republicans to permit ratification of a new arms-control treaty with Russia by year's end, raising the issue first in a session in the White House's Roosevelt Room and then in a follow-up meeting without aides present, officials said.See the full content of this document
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Obama, Gop Seek Compromises
No substantive agreements on essential year-end legislation emerged from the session, and none ha...
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