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WMDT 47 NEWS - We are less than a month away from a looming sequester deadline.

The automatic, across-the-board spending cuts would total $1.2 trillion over 10 years. WMDT caught up with Rep. John Carney (D), who says that Congress must step up with a series of cuts and tax reforms that would generate additional revenue.

"Congress has shown that it needs the discipline of that kind of a deadline in order to act," said Carney. "We haven't shown the ability to do that and we must."

The deadline is set for March 1st.

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