sequestration
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Your Guide to the Sequestration Horrors

Feb 23, 2013
On March 1, the $85 billion collection of budget cuts known as the sequester could wipe out federal programs at such varied places as national parks, the Pentagon and the FBI. Hidden among those cuts are reductions in services that are crucial to Americans' everyday lives -- education, health care and jobs. The Guardian tells us what to expect.

No Winners in This Game

Feb 22, 2013
The standoff over the package of budget cuts known as "the sequester" is the dumbest, most self-defeating fight between President Obama and Republicans in Congress since let's see, since the last dumb, self-defeating fight less than two months ago.