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WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of Congress are traveling less and worrying more about meeting office salaries. Their aides are contending with long lines to get inside their offices and fewer prospects of a raise. Such are the indignities thrust upon the men and women who brought the country $ 85 billion in government spending cuts [...]
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Lawmakers tighten belts amid automatic budget cuts
Posted by admin on March 30th, 2013
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No Comments »Republican senator on sequester’s automatic budget cuts: ‘People are glad’
Posted by admin on March 27th, 2013
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Posted in Breaking News Tags: automatic, Budget, cuts, Glad, People, Republican, Senator, Sequesters No Comments »Focus shifting in Congress from automatic cuts to dueling budget plans
Posted by admin on March 11th, 2013
By David Lawder and Mark Felsenthal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – With little prospect of getting rid of the automatic spending cuts that kicked in on March 1, the Congress and the White House will move on to bigger budget battles this week as dueling Republican and Democratic proposals land in the House of Representatives and the [...]
The Math Behind the Automatic Budget Cuts
Posted by admin on March 6th, 2013
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U.S. stares down start of steep “automatic” budget cuts
Posted by admin on March 1st, 2013
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government hurtled on Friday toward making deep spending cuts that threaten to hinder the nation's economic recovery, after Republicans and Democrats failed to agree on an alternative deficit-reduction plan. Locked in during a bout of deficit-reduction fever in 2011, the time-released "automatic" cuts can only be halted by agreement between [...]
Posted in Breaking News Tags: automatic, Budget, cuts, Down, Stares, start, steep, U.S. No Comments »Government workers riled up ahead of automatic budget cuts
Posted by admin on February 28th, 2013
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Government workers normally unfazed by political gridlock are angry that they will be disproportionately hurt by Washington's inability to reach a deal to avoid some $ 85 billion in automatic budget cuts due to kick in on Friday. The indiscriminate spending cuts, which will occur unless President Barack Obama and Congress reach [...]
Posted in Breaking News Tags: ahead, automatic, Budget, cuts, government, riled, Workers No Comments »Automatic budget cuts find few fans
Posted by admin on February 24th, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — The automatic budget cuts set to take hold this week were roundly condemned Sunday as governors, lawmakers and administration officials hoped for a deal to stave off the $ 85 billion reduction in government services. Tweet This Post
Governors join White House to fight automatic cuts
Posted by admin on February 24th, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — With the deadline for action less than a week away, exasperated governors are joining a White House push to intensify pressure on Congress to prevent a looming budget crisis. Tweet This Post
Governors urge Congress to avoid automatic cuts
Posted by admin on February 23rd, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation's governors are becoming prominent voices in the fight to cut the federal deficit, warning that Capitol Hill's latest budget stalemate is radiating fresh waves of uncertainty that threatens economic progress in their states. Tweet This Post
White House says not exaggerating impact of automatic spending cuts
Posted by admin on February 22nd, 2013
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House has very little flexibility in how to roll out automatic spending cuts slated to take effect on March 1 because of the way the sequester law is written, White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters on Friday. (Reporting by Roberta Rampton; Editing by David Brunnstrom) Tweet This Post
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