Why Everything Republicans Are Saying About The Sequester Is Wrong

Why Everything Republicans Are Saying About The Sequester Is Wrong: Barring a last minute Congressional compromise, $85 billion in automatic across-the-board cuts will go into effect in the next 72 hours as a result of the sequester mechanism included in the 2011 Budget Control Act. Republicans — many of whom voted for the BCA and have for years championed deep spending reductions — are hoping [...]/p