Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Congress are nowhere near a plan to avert $1.2 trillion in spending cuts about two weeks before they are set to begin. It’s the latest in a series of fiscal deadlines created by Congress that in the past two years took the U.S. to the brink of a debt default…

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No Agreement on $1.2 Trillion in Cuts as Deadline Nears
