WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama proposed a $3.77 trillion budget on Wednesday that combines controversial cuts to social safety net programs with tax increases on the wealthy in a package the White House hopes will jumpstart deficit-reduction talks.

The proposal, an annual attempt to identify and fund the president’s policy desires, is unlikely ever to become law.

WASHINGTON, April 10 (Reuters) – The White House on
Wednesday proposed a budget that sharply trims the U.S. deficit
over three years by forcing millionaires to pay more in taxes
and enacting spending cuts that replace the “sequester”
reductions that went into place last month.

President Barack Obama’s fiscal 2014 budget blueprint
ensures that those making $1 million a year or more would have
to pay at least 30 percent of their income, after gifts to
charity, in taxes, officials said.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 3 (Reuters) – President Barack Obama
used fundraisers on Wednesday to assuage supporters’ concerns
about a transnational oil pipeline and his commitment to
tackling climate change, while urging them to drive Republicans
out of power in Congress in 2014.

The Obama administration is expected to decide later this
year whether to approve construction of the Keystone XL
pipeline, which would run from Canada’s oil sands to Texas.
Environmentalists oppose the project, saying its carbon
emissions would contribute unnecessarily to global warming.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 3 (Reuters) – President Barack Obama
used a set of fundraisers on Wednesday to assuage supporters’
concerns about a controversial pipeline and his commitment to
climate change, while urging them to drive Republicans out of
power in Congress in 2014.

The Obama administration is expected to decide later this
year whether to approve construction of the Keystone XL
pipeline, which would run from Canada’s oil sands to Texas.
Environmentalists oppose the project, saying its carbon
emissions would contribute to global warming. Supporters say the
pipeline is necessary to increase U.S. energy independence.