Obama releases budget with deficit at all-time high
President Obama is sending a $3.8 trillion budget to Congress today. The new budget predicts an average deficit over the next decade of 4.5 percent of the size of the economy.
Takeaway Washington correspondent Todd Zwillich says the budget is a direct political challege by the president to an unpopular Congress.
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