Obama’s budget: Government still getting bigger

WASHINGTON — Tak­ing a pass on rein­ing in gov­ern­ment growth, Pres­i­dent Barack Obama unveiled a record $3.8 tril­lion election-year bud­get plan Mon­day, call­ing for stimulus-style spend­ing on roads and schools and tax hikes on the wealthy to help pay the costs. The ideas landed with a thud on Capi­tol Hill.