| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - Reinforcing Lew???s point, a senior White House official said Friday, ???The sequester was an option we were forced to take because the Republicans would not do tax increases.???In fact, the final deal reached between Vice President Biden and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) in 2011 included an agreement that there would be no tax increases in the sequester in exchange for what the p
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