Obama reaching out to some Republican senators to resolve sequester

U.S. President Barack Obama greets Republican leaders, Speaker John Boehner (c) and Eric Cantor (r). PHOTO/ Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images

After weeks of stalemate with Republican leadership over a deal to replace the wide-ranging, across-the-board spending cuts known as sequestration, President Obama has been reaching out and speaking with a new set of Republican lawmakers -- the so-called "common sense caucus" -- about the nation's fiscal issues and the possibility for a deal to resolve

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