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Obama Sends Record $4 Trillion Spending Plan To Congress

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is sending Congress a $4 trillion budget that would boost taxes on higher-income Americans and corporation. It would use the money to get rid of tight budget spending caps, fund an ambitious public works program and provide middle-class tax relief.

Obama's budget, which will set off months of wrangling in Congress, proposes spending $4 trillion -- $3.999 trillion before rounding -- in the budget year that begins Oct. 1. That's a 6.4 percent increase over projected spending this year. It projects the deficit will decline to $474 billion in 2016.

In a message accompanying the massive budget books, Obama says his proposals are "practical, not partisan." But even before the books were delivered, Republicans found plenty to criticize in tax hikes totaling $2 trillion.

(Copyright 2015 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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