<p>Copies of the U.S. Government budget for Fiscal Year 2012 are stacked up at the U.S. Government Printing Office in Washington, Monday.</p>
February 15, 2011
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February 15, 2011 8 p.m.
Obama takes a stab at budget
President makes some cuts, but not enough for GOP
WASHINGTON (AP) - Putting on the brakes after two years of big spending increases, President Barack Obama unveiled a $3.7 trillion budget plan Monday that would freeze or reduce some safety-net programs for the nation's poor but turn aside Republican demands for more drastic cuts to shrink the government to where it was before he took office.