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Posted: 3/1/2013 12:53:37 PM EST
House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, March 1, 2013, after a meeting at the White House between President Barack Obama and Congressional leaders before billions of dollars in mandatory budget cuts were to start. The meeting — lasting less than an hour — yielded no immediate results. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Posted: 3/1/2013 4:03:31 AM EST
In this photo taken Wednesday Feb. 27, 2013, Kevin Do, from left, Don Hanson, and Paul O'Connor talk with The Associated Press about the nation's budget cuts at Mojo's BBQ Restaurant outside the Main Gate of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine. Do, a facilities engineer, explains that he and his wife, also a shipyard employee, have already delayed plans to buy their first home and are preparing to lose the equivalent of a month’s pay because of Congress’ inability to resolve another budget stalemate. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)
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Posted: 2/28/2013 2:38:49 PM EST
A In this Feb. 27, 2013 photo shows the Rey de Reyes Hispanic grocery store in Columbus Junction, Iowa. Owner Griceli Amigon said 95 percent of her customers work at the local Tyson Foods plant and she's worried that the federal budget cuts in meat inspection could affect her business. (AP Photo/Ryan J. Foley)
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Posted: 2/28/2013 2:38:49 PM EST
This Feb. 27, 2013 photo shows the Tyson Foods hog processing plant in Columbus Junction, Iowa. Local residents say they fear the impact of federal budget cuts that began Friday, Feb. 28 could require the furloughs of meat inspectors, which could force plants to slow production or even shut down. (AP Photo/Ryan J. Foley)
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Posted: 2/28/2013 2:38:49 PM EST
In this Feb. 27, 2013 photo, truck trailers are seen beyond the employee parking lot at the sprawling Tyson Foods hog processing plant in Columbus Junction, Iowa. Local residents say they fear the impact of federal budget cuts that could require the furloughs of meat inspectors, which could force plants to slow production or even shut down. (AP Photo/Ryan J. Foley)
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Posted: 2/28/2013 2:38:49 PM EST
In this Feb. 27, 2013 photo, Columbus Junction, Iowa, Mayor Daniel Wilson discusses the impact of federal budget cuts in his Columbus Junction office. Wilson dismissed warnings from the White House that federal budget cuts could cause the shutdown of meat production plants, such as the large Tyson Foods hog-processing plant in his town, as "political posturing." (AP Photo/Ryan J. Foley)
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Posted: 2/28/2013 2:38:49 PM EST
In this Feb. 27, 2013 photo, clerk Debi Wilson uses the cash register at Two Rivers Market near the Tyson Foods hog-processing plant in Columbus Junction, Iowa. Wilson said she hopes that federal budget cuts do not require the temporary shutdown of the Tyson plant whose employees make up the majority of her customers. (AP Photo/Ryan J. Foley)
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Posted: 2/28/2013 12:48:28 PM EST
Specialist Christian Sanfilippo, foreground right, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. Stocks turned mixed Thursday after two days of triple-digit rallies. Big-name companies reported higher quarterly earnings and the government said that the jobless claims are falling, but impending budget cuts cast a pall. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Posted: 2/28/2013 12:48:28 PM EST
Trader Edward Curran works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. Stocks turned mixed Thursday after two days of triple-digit rallies. Big-name companies reported higher quarterly earnings and the government said that the jobless claims are falling, but impending budget cuts cast a pall. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Posted: 2/28/2013 12:48:28 PM EST
Gordon Charlop, right, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. Stocks turned mixed Thursday after two days of triple-digit rallies. Big-name companies reported higher quarterly earnings and the government said that the jobless claims are falling, but impending budget cuts cast a pall. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Posted: 2/28/2013 12:48:28 PM EST
Trader Robert Oswals works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. Stocks turned mixed Thursday after two days of triple-digit rallies. Big-name companies reported higher quarterly earnings and the government said that the jobless claims are falling, but impending budget cuts cast a pall. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Posted: 2/28/2013 12:48:28 PM EST
Todd Ingrili, center, works with fellow traders at the post that handles JC Penny on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. Stocks turned mixed Thursday after two days of triple-digit rallies. Big-name companies reported higher quarterly earnings and the government said that the jobless claims are falling, but impending budget cuts cast a pall. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Posted: 2/27/2013 12:18:22 PM EST
New Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks to service members and civilian employees at the Pentagon, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013, after being sworn-in. Hagel took charge of the Defense Department Wednesday after a bruising confirmation fight _ and two days before billions in budget cuts are scheduled to hit the military. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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Posted: 2/27/2013 12:13:37 PM EST
New Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel bows as he concludes his remarks to service members and civilian employees at the Pentagon, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013, after being sworn-in. Hagel took charge of the Defense Department Wednesday after a bruising confirmation fight _ and two days before billions in budget cuts are scheduled to hit the military. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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Posted: 2/27/2013 12:13:37 PM EST
New Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks to service members and civilian employees at the Pentagon, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013, after being sworn-in. Hagel took charge of the Defense Department Wednesday after a bruising confirmation fight _ and two days before billions in budget cuts are scheduled to hit the military. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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Posted: 2/27/2013 3:08:45 AM EST
FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks about automatic defense budget cuts during a visit to Newport News Shipbuilding, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries in Newport News, Va. Obama is pulling out all the stops to warn just what could happen if automatic budget cuts kick in. Americans are reacting with a collective yawn. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Posted: 2/26/2013 5:53:38 PM EST
President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks about automatic defense budget cuts during a visit to Newport News Shipbuilding, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, in Newport News, Va. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Posted: 2/26/2013 3:03:29 AM EST
FILE – In this Feb. 22, 2013, file photo Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood briefs reporters about the automatic budget cuts at the White House in Washington. President Barack Obama and his officials are doing their best to drum up public concern over the shock wave of spending cuts that could strike the government in just days. So it’s a good time to be alert for sky-is-falling hype. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
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Posted: 2/25/2013 7:48:37 PM EST
Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., is interviewed by reporters as senators return to Capitol Hill after a week away from Washington with just three legislative days until automatic budget cuts are scheduled to take effect, Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. The Senate is also moving toward a vote Tuesday on President Barack Obama’s divisive choice of Chuck Hagel to head the Defense Department after a protracted political fight. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Posted: 2/24/2013 12:51:48 PM EST
U.S. President Barack Obama talks against automatic budget cuts scheduled to take effect next week, while in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in the White House complex in Washington February 19, 2013. REUTERS/Larry Downing
