Across-the-board federal budget cuts go into effect
Furlough
notices began arriving at federal agencies on Friday as the government
prepared to cope with automatic spending cuts required by the so-called
sequester, which went into effect hours after President Obama and
Republican leaders held another fruitless session at the White House. Read more on the sequester.
Follow the latest news and updates on the sequester here.
Follow the latest news and updates on the sequester here.
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by Guy Lancour via twitter 2/25/2013 9:47:18 PM#sequester - a big word meaning we blame others for our spending problems and cry when they tell us to stop. -
by Paul Ronald Lusk via twitter 2/25/2013 9:47:34 PM#sequester Way to know that the sequester is really a GOOD thing for the country as a whole?? By the vociferousness of the left! Bring it! -
by MIPooh via twitter 2/25/2013 9:47:45 PMWith A Glassy Glare @SpeakerBoehner tells #PBO U got U'r Tax Increase ..#Republicans 2B on losing end of #sequester. http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/25/17090408-you-got-your-tax-increase-boehner-tells-obama-as-sequester-staring-contest-continues?lite -
by JoseReyes858 via twitter 2/25/2013 9:47:51 PMObama’s fanciful claim that Congress ‘proposed’ the sequester http://wapo.st/R3Am6y Only 4 days away, let's revisit the facts. #Sequester -
by jo_ro716 via twitter 2/25/2013 9:48:00 PMThis definitely puts the #sequester in new light http://www.unitedliberty.org/articles/12804-sequestration-cuts-in-perspective?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter -
by mclean_2 via twitter 2/25/2013 9:48:05 PMLawmakers Return from Yet Another Vacation & See No #Sequester Compromise in Sight | Conservative Byte http://shar.es/j2Tls via @sharethis -
by mdswvguy via twitter 2/25/2013 9:48:09 PMFACT: More than 800,000 defense employees will be forced to take unpaid leave if Congress doesn't stop impending #SEQUESTER. #JobsNotCuts” -
by SpaceCheef via twitter 2/25/2013 9:48:12 PMShorter #GOP : Fuck you, fuck you America! We're taking the ball and going home if you don't let us win. Childish pigs #sequester #topprog -
by MarkdKelly2 via twitter 2/25/2013 9:48:27 PMAnother reminder that the Super Duper Committee failed 15 months ago & Senate Dems have never put a #sequester alternative up for a vote. -
by MMBJackMcCarr via twitter 2/25/2013 9:48:29 PMThe right thing to do about #Sequester let #GOP fall on their swords - keep defense cuts - adopt #FAIRTAXCODEUSA & solve #GreatRecessionJobs -
by yvonison via twitter 2/25/2013 9:48:40 PMDoes anyone really believe @SpeakerBoehner @GOPLeader & @GOPWhip's idea that closing loopholes for the wealthy will tank economy? #Sequester -
by Marty via twitter 2/25/2013 9:51:17 PMFACT: #JobsNotCuts #sequester will cause 98% of Americans to start eating salad dressing instead of mayonnaise. -
by MidmarketGreen via twitter 2/25/2013 9:51:27 PM“@KQEDnews: What #sequester might mean for CA http://ow.ly/i20KA” #SOMA #SFMayor NEEDS parks+TOILETS+walk&bikeways+#owls+#Transpo @SFBoS -
by Marty via twitter 2/25/2013 9:51:28 PMFACT: #JobsNotCuts #sequester will force you to cook and clean for that snooty asshole that lives up the street and drives that fancy car.
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by Michael4Tune via twitter 2/25/2013 9:51:28 PM2 #Sequester facts…Obama Chief of Staff Jack Lew was the architect of plan & "cuts" are really spending increase reductions yr over yr #tcot -
by CON_vert via twitter 2/25/2013 9:51:35 PMToo Funny! :)@Rockprincess818: #Sequester Eve #Party! #RSVP #Prince #Obama and #Hitler the only ones I know who have their own #Symbols :o -
by Matthew Santy via twitter 2/25/2013 9:51:42 PMCan't bring myself to read about the #sequester. -
by kjtreier via twitter 2/25/2013 9:51:42 PMFunny how pointing out facts causes followers of a certain political leaning to stop following me. #canthandlethetruth #sequester -
by BrookingsInst via twitter 2/25/2013 9:51:42 PMIn DC? Join @hamiltonproj tomorrow to hear new ways to #RethinkTheBudget & look out for new budget book: http://ow.ly/i2vOE #sequester -
by Richrd42 via twitter 2/25/2013 9:51:43 PMAmerican's need to hold the #Republicans in Congress accountable for not stopping #Sequestration. #UniteBlue #p2 -
by Sr4liberty via twitter 2/25/2013 9:51:45 PM#JobsNotCuts ... Oh! Yes,remember during debate w/Romney when the prez said #sequester wouldn't happen? Huh? Remember that?? -
by mdswvguy via twitter 2/25/2013 9:52:11 PM#GOP, #Sequester = #Austerity & in #EUROPE its left #CITIES in #FLAMES, maybe here it will lead @RNC #CONGRESS #OUT! @AP @DNC @DGA #GAY @WP
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by RickyDiazNC via twitter 2/25/2013 9:52:20 PMStory by @NKingofDC in @WSJ on #sequestration that mentions Gov @PatMcCroryNC: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323884304578324703812624978.html #NCPOL -
by heavyde65 via twitter 2/25/2013 9:52:34 PM"@pari_passu: How Austerity Stifled The British Economy In Three Charts: http://j.mp/13bkOba #p2 #p21 #sequester" Austerity is 4rich only -
by vwjosie via twitter 2/25/2013 9:52:39 PMButchering, drastic, draconian, heavy handed. Shut.up. #Sequestration -
by The Inspector via twitter 2/25/2013 9:52:46 PM“@wbalradio: @GovernorOMalley Meets With @BarackObama on #Sequester Owe'Malley will save Md! Douchebag -
by Michael4Tune via twitter 2/25/2013 9:52:50 PMJack Lew set up #sequester plan as a hammer against GOP in debt ceiling negotiations…the plan is signed, sealed, & delivered by BHO #tcot
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by Marty via twitter 2/25/2013 9:52:51 PMFACT: #JobsNotCuts #sequester means republicans want to sell your children to the zoo for meat.
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by Brittany via twitter 2/25/2013 9:52:56 PMThe left has a hard time grasping the difference between cuts in actual spending and cuts in projected spending increases. #sequester -
by bfuller9 via twitter 2/25/2013 9:53:04 PM5 days to #sequestration armageddon. Will cuts seriously strain the #supplychain? http://ow.ly/i2wfo @ebnonline #logistics -
by Charles Weatherwax via twitter 2/25/2013 9:53:08 PMThe president and the @WhiteHouse seem to forget the #sequestration was their idea! #JobsNotCuts -
by 9YrsofCollege via twitter 2/25/2013 9:53:28 PMPoor government workers. The #GOP in Congress act like the #sequester and the mandatory furloughs caused by it are no big deal. #fail -
by bradcundiff via twitter 2/25/2013 9:53:37 PM#Sequestration will not be real till Obama has a "hide your kids, hide your wife" presser. -
by Mike Hupp via twitter 2/25/2013 9:53:43 PMaccording to the white house #sequestration will cut funding to the national drug and intelligence agency.. which doesnt even exist anymore -
by VivaRoosevelt via twitter 2/25/2013 9:53:55 PM4 Innovative Budget Fixes That No One is Talking About @adamjutha #GBAF #Sequester http://tmblr.co/ZwTXBte-7a9A -
by blarkansan via twitter 2/25/2013 9:54:02 PMThe #Sequester's only $85Billion in cuts from what will be spent, imagine the struggle when DC wont be able to #borrow $1Trillion/yr anymore -
by Kevin J via twitter 2/25/2013 9:54:04 PMWhatdifferencedoesitmake if #Sequester happens, we can't even defend our own in Benghazi -
by b10mtrk via twitter 2/25/2013 9:54:14 PMDIMWIT review re #sequester: Budget Control Act of 2011 passed by Congress (#GOP House & obstructionist GOP Senate) Only Congress can fix! -
by John McCauley via twitter 2/25/2013 9:54:15 PM& campgrounds if #sequestration kicks in. Wonder what affects it will have on climbing access? http://ow.ly/i2wnB #climb (2) -
by shovelridr via twitter 2/25/2013 9:54:34 PM.@MaxineWaters If that's true then why did @BarackObama endorse it? Tell the truth, Dems created the #sequester #TGDN -
by ΛVONDRÉ MΛLIK via twitter 2/25/2013 9:54:38 PMWhat does #sequester mean? -
by bakerlarry84 via twitter 2/25/2013 9:54:43 PM#sequester will happen cus progressive dems #dont want to #make responsible cuts/reforms on #anything @GlennBeck @TheBlazeTV #Teaparty #Tcot -
by heavyde65 via twitter 2/25/2013 9:54:44 PM"@pari_passu: How Austerity Stifled The British Economy In Three Charts: http://j.mp/13bkOba #p2 #p21 #sequester" Austerity doesn't work
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by In the Pentagon via twitter 2/25/2013 9:54:49 PM#CutsNotTaxes will save 1,006,315 #jobs from the harmful #sequester cuts! #ShowUsYourCuts -
by WWAY via twitter 2/25/2013 9:54:56 PMSequester could have big impact on Coast Guard, Diligence http://www.wwaytv3.com/2013/02/25/sequester-could-have-big-impact-coast-guard-diligence #uscg #ilm #wway #brunsco #congress #sequester