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Sequestration Headlines
A list of the most recent stories about Sequester.
Deal says Ga. cannot be hypocritical
For Governor Nathan Deal the reality is sometimes hard to accept. "We cannot be hypocritical at the state level," the Governor told a morning meeting of the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce. "We cannot continue to bombard the people of Washington, telling them they need to cut spending," he says. ...
Senate finally ends budget stalemate
Ending almost eight days of limited debate on a bill that funds federal government operations through the end of the fiscal year, the Senate on Wednesday approved a nearly $1 trillion budget bill for Uncle Sam, even as the Congress started work on next year's budget outline. With House approval ...
No end to debate on sequester impact
It has now been two weeks since automatic budget cuts kicked in, and Political Washington is still waiting to see whether there will be a dramatic impact as forecast by Democrats, or if ominous predictions made by the Obama Administration - and ridiculed by many Republicans - won't exactly come ...
Senate Democrats detail budget outline
In a clear contrast with a House Republican budget plan, Democrats in the Senate set out their own ideas on how best to run the government, proposing $975 billion in tax increases over the next ten years in a spending blueprint that held no hint of a balanced budget. And ...
Calls for Cobb Co. to cover airport staffing after sequester cuts
Without a control tower, McCollum Airport Board Member Butch Thompson says economic development on the field would be grounded. “It would be devastating because the hangars that have been recently built were designed and built recently for large jets,” he said. Only about 10 percent occupied, Thompson said the ...
Digging into the GOP budget outline
The budget plan unveiled by House Republicans on Tuesday would balance the budget in ten years, but it also would allow for the budget to keep growing after two initial years of spending reductions in the discretionary budget. "We believe we owe the American people a balanced budget," Ryan said ...
Obama charm offensive hits Capitol Hill
In the press galleries on Capitol Hill over the years, we have seen a lot of trips to the U.S. Capitol by Presidents of both parties, but none of my colleagues can remember a series of visits like we will have over the next three days by President Obama. "He’s ...
A confusing budget week in Washington
If you pay close attention this week to news about the budget in Congress, it will be okay if you mix yourself a stiff drink by Wednesday or so to deal with what might seem like a series of confusing series of budget plans from the House and Senate. First, ...
Small local airports get ready for sequester cuts
Don Gunter had just completed his shut-down checklist, climbed out of the cockpit of his company’s Cessna Citation XL jet and was walking into Atlanta Executive Jet Center. It was the third stop on a four-leg trip as he carried a team of executives from his company on a ...
Congress moves to keep Saturday mail delivery
I have often written about how difficult it can be to decipher what Congress does in legislation, and that was demonstrated yet again this week in the post-sequester-government budget bill that was approved by the House. What was in that bill? Maybe the question should also be, what wasn't in ...
The sequester comes to Capitol Hill
While the White House stuck by its decision to scrap public tours because of automatic budget cuts, those who work in Congress will see a different decision on cuts, as House and Senate officials announced a series of security changes because of spending reductions. In a letter sent to lawmakers ...
Sequester stops hiring at Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
The automatic budget cuts forced by the sequester are already forcing changes at one local site. The Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area should be hiring seasonal workers for the National Park Service site. But they're not. "That's where we will feel it the most," says the park's Rudy Evenson. "We ...
Looking for sequester answers and details
As I spent the weekend digging through the 83 page sequester report issued on Friday night by the White House, it was obvious that many readers and listeners had a lot of questions about how $85 billion in budget cuts were being administered. And it was obvious from comments to ...
The sequester cuts become real
With the stroke of a pen, President Obama set in motion on Friday night $85 billion in automatic, across the board budget cuts in this year's budget, cuts that the President himself labeled "dumb" at an impromptu news conference in the White House Briefing Room. "And let’s be clear. None ...
White House meeting produces no sequester deal
As expected, there was no magic solution unveiled after a meeting Friday morning at the White House between Congressional leaders and the President, as both sides seem headed for a lengthy battle over how to deal with $85 billion in automatic budget cuts. "I told them these cuts will ...
Waiting for the budget cuts to hit Capitol Hill
There are some terms bouncing around the halls of Congress right now that aren't too familiar to those who work in the House and Senate; words like layoffs, buyouts and furloughs as the Legislative Branch prepares to deal with their share of $85 billion in across the board automatic budget ...
Ga. lawmakers prepping for $240 million a year cut from sequester
Georgia could see a $240 million a year, or $20 million a month, hit to its budget when new federal budget cuts take effect today. Rep. Terry England (R-Auburn), chairs the House Appropriations Committee, says most of those cuts will be to federally funded programs such as Head Start ...
White House quarrels with press on sequester
Reporters in recent days have been taking a much more skeptical view of White House claims related to how automatic budget cuts will impact Americans in coming weeks, as reporters on Wednesday again tangled at a briefing with White House Press Secretary Jay Carney over the central issue of whether ...
White House tells Woodward he'll 'regret' criticism
Veteran Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward says a senior official from the White House told him he will “regret” a claim he made in an op-ed piece. Last week, Woodward wrote that President Obama is “moving the goal posts” by demanding a package of tax revenues and spending cuts to ...
Hartsfield GM: Expect to wait 30 more minutes if sequester comes
If the sequester comes, with its across the board budget cuts, you can expect flight delays at the nation's airports. You can also expect longer lines at security and customs, whether you're flying out or heading back. "You can see an increase of 30 minutes or longer (if there are ...
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