Obama Presses Congress To Compromise On Cuts

by Ari Shapiro, NPR

The supercommittee's failure to reach a budget deal had been predicted for days, even weeks. And now leaders in Washington cannot agree on who is to blame, or what should happen next. President Obama said he would veto any effort to get rid of the automatic spending cuts to domestic and defense spending.

Broadcast Dates

• Morning Edition, November 22, 2011