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Statement by the Press Secretary on S. 25, S. 540

February 15, 2014

On Saturday, February 15, 2014, the President signed into law:

S. 25, which extends for an additional fiscal year the current?law sequestration of certain Federal direct spending; repeals a current-law reduction in annual cost-of-living adjustments to military pensions for current military members and retirees; and establishes a $2.3 billion transitional fund for Medicare payments for physicians services in 2017; and

S. 540, the "Temporary Debt Limit Extension Act," which temporarily suspends the public debt limit until March 15, 2015.

Barack Obama, Statement by the Press Secretary on S. 25, S. 540 Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/308650

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