U.S. President &lt;a gi-track='captionPersonalityLinkClicked' href=/galleries/search?phrase=Barack+Obama&amp;family=editorial&amp;specificpeople=203260 ng-click='$event.stopPropagation()'&gt;Barack Obama&lt;/a&gt; walks from Marine One to the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. With just three days before the $85 billion in reductions for this year are scheduled to start, Obama and Republicans led by House Speaker John Boehner yesterday traded blame again for the impasse. Photographer: Joshua Roberts/Bloomberg via Getty Images