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Tag Archives: sequester
GOP Hits Turbulence with FAA Claim
A number of Republicans are using misleading numbers when they say the Federal Aviation Administration should cut consultants and travel before resorting to furloughs that are causing airport delays. For example, Rep. Bill Shuster, who chairs the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, says the FAA spends “nearly $500 million …
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Tagged Bill Shuster, Federal Aviation Administration, sequester
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Underselling the Sequester Cuts
An ad from a fiscally conservative group makes a true but misleading claim that the sequester only amounts to “a 3 percent cut in federal spending.” A majority of federal spending is exempt from the sequester cuts, so the parts that are not will be cut much more deeply than …
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Tagged federal budget, Mitch McConnell, Orrin Hatch, Public Notice, sequester
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The Sequester Blame Game
President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner emerged from their White House meeting on sequestration blaming each other for the automatic spending cuts and misrepresenting the other side’s position: Obama’s remarks left the false impression that Boehner has reneged on a GOP plan to raise $800 billion by limiting …
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Boehner’s Revenue Reach
House Speaker John Boehner claimed the federal government will take in more revenue this year than any other year in history. That’s true in nominal dollars, but not as a percentage of gross domestic product — a measure preferred by most economists that accounts for growth in population, inflation and …
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