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First Word: Obama wants a big budget deal

President Obama speaking at the House Democratic Issues Conference in Lansdowne, Va. on Feb. 7, 2013. (File photo by Charles Dharapak/AP)

President Obama speaking at the House Democratic Issues Conference in Lansdowne, Va. on Feb. 7, 2013. (File photo by Charles Dharapak/AP)

At a retreat this afternoon, President Obama told House Democrats he wants a “big deal” on the budget and to stop “governance by crisis.”

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