Thursday, February 28, 2013

Sequester cuts are here to stay


http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/285419-sequester-here-to-stay
The sequester is here to stay — at least for a while.
Lawmakers and aides say they do not expect Congress to turn off budget sequestration before April and that negotiations to freeze the automatic spending cuts could drag into May or beyond.
Over the last few weeks, there has been increased speculation that the sequester would go into effect Friday but be addressed in a March deal to keep the government funded.
 Don’t bet on it.
Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.), a member of the Finance Committee, predicted sequestration would last through the end of the yea
to what end, the people are against them and blames them more for these grade school playground antics, and they have the nerve to talk about adult and serious, must be with their voter fraud and WMD's they keep looking for in all the wrong places when they know where they are, page 3 of their playbook on "how to wreck the economy while trying to make the Pres. look bad"
President Obama has invited congressional leaders to meet at the White House on Friday, the same day $85 billion in automatic cuts are due to begin. However, congressional sources do not anticipate a deal at that gathering or any time soon.
“It’s going to be one last attempt at trying to convince Republicans of the need for a balanced approach to sequester before the deadline,” said a senior Senate Democratic aide.
i remember the invites they just totally dissed the Pres. and didn't show while i'm sure snickering in the background like a teenage girl who just gave a guy the wrong phone number.