Obama Veto

President Barack Obama will veto House appropriations bills for the Defense Department and Financial Services and General Government if they remain in their current form. The White House opposes them for several reasons. They would continue the pay freeze for federal workers, and the White House said proposed cuts to the Internal Revenue Service budget would hurt programs, reduce revenue and make it harder for taxpayers to get help. It also said the bill would make it harder for the General Services Administration to repair and maintain federal buildings. Lawmakers said cuts to GSA's budget were necessary to "starve out opulence and frivolity."