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On February 1, President Obama released a proposed $3.8-trillion federal budget that includes both a $100 billion jobs package and a freeze on the overall level of discretionary spending apart from national security and mandatory entitlements. The budgetary blueprint for fiscal 2011, which starts October 1, is three percent more than the government is spending this year, according to the Office of Management and Budget. Despite indications that an economic recovery is under way, the national jobless rate has remained high, and lawmakers are seeking to focus more on job growth, putting efforts to overhaul the health-care system on a slower track. Click here to view the President's Budget