White House says Obama to sign stopgap funding bill

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama will sign a stopgap funding measure approved by the U.S. Congress on Wednesday, but U.S. lawmakers should pass a budget that reverses harmful spending cuts known as sequestration, the White House said.

"The American people deserve far better than last-minute, short-term legislating," White House spokesman Josh Earnest said in a statement.

(Reporting by Doina Chiacu; Editing by Sandra Maler)

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