White House Leaves Door Open To More Piecemeal Sequester Fixes
Some Democrats say the White House should draw the line after fixing flight delays. White House keeps its options open.
Some Democrats say the White House should draw the line after fixing flight delays. White House keeps its options open.
Support for Friday’s flight delay vote was the latest White House move on sequester that’s left Democrats on Capitol Hill grumbling. Meanwhile, the White House says Democrats in Congress don’t have the spine to take a political risk.
“What the hell are they thinking?” the former DNC chair asks about Obama’s proposed budget. The Democrats’ civil war?
And now, the story of a wealthy country that lost everything and the government that had no choice but to keep the nation together. Arrested Development quotes help us understand the sequester.
President Barack Obama on Friday signed the sequestration order authorizing the government to begin cutting $85 billion.
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Using sequestration as “an excuse,” Republican Rep. Diane Black charges.
Pell Grants will be exempt, but other loans could take a hit.
Think humans have it rough when trying to understand the details of the impending automatic federal spending cuts? Try being a dog, man.
“Passing these sort of things has never helped us in the press in the past,” a House Republican aide says. Efforts to maintain a fragile conference equilibrium.
The news of Washington’s looming cuts to federal spending is becoming a daily topic in local papers across the country.
They’ll pitch the package Thursday.