Sentences with phrase «embrace of balanced budgets»

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Romney, like most of the Republican candidates, has largely embraced positions held by party activists: committing to repeal the health - care law signed last year by Obama; calling for reduced federal spending, but no tax increases, to balance the budget; and opposing same - sex marriage and abortion.

But Obama is trying to convince congressional Republicans to abandon the mandatory across - the - board cuts, part of a 2011 budget deal gone bad, and embrace a «balanced» plan to shrink the deficit that includes tax increases.