Medicare: Sequestration Cuts Small Potatoes Compared to Obamacare Cuts
In the past 24 hours, cancer patients’ access to Medicare treatment has been the focus of an alarming headline. In this case, the budget sequestration—an… Read More
Good News! Obama’s Sequester Cuts USDOC Programs!
As if we didn’t have enough to worry about, earlier this month an official from the U.S. Department of Commerce (USDOC) warned that many activities… Read More
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Morning Bell: A Stark Choice for America’s Budget
For the first time in four years, the U.S. Congress is engaged in a full-throated budget debate. Take a moment for at least a quiet… Read More
The Senate Continuing Resolution and Its Demons
The massive spending bill released by the Senate this week suffers the same flaws as the measure the House passed last week: It spends too… Read More
2 Problems With House Spending Plan
The House version of the continuing resolution (CR) — necessary to fund the government through the end of the fiscal year on September 30 —… Read More
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Unionized Federal Workers: We’ll Get Our Pay Despite Sequester
Up to 875,000 federal workers may experience mandatory unpaid leave for one day per week thanks to sequestration, resulting in a 20 percent pay cut… Read More
Obama Fulfills DeMint’s Prediction, Blaming Sequester for Future Economic Problems
Senator Jim DeMint, the president-elect of The Heritage Foundation, apparently has a crystal ball. This morning he predicted that Obama would use the sequester as… Read More
Morning Bell: Obama’s Sequester Smokescreen
Suppose you desperately needed to lose weight but had a Big Mac with fries and a Coke staring you in the face. You could take… Read More
DeMint on CNN: “The Problem Is That We’re Spending Too Much” (VIDEO)
President Obama is meeting with lawmakers Friday in a last-ditch effort to stop sequestration. Budget cuts representing just 2.4 percent out of total government spending… Read More
Environmental Protection Agency: No Room for Sequestration Cuts?
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced plans to furlough all of its employees and shut down for three days this year to absorb sequestration’s spending… Read More
