Why is the Department of Justice not paying its assistant attorneys?
In order to manage its post-sequester budget, the government is keeping 96 unpaid trained employees on staff
Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 1:30 PM UTCBusiness ProPublica
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Cancer treatments still caught in sequestration politics
The Obama administration says it does not have the power to ease the cuts, leaving it to Congress to act
Thursday, Jun 6, 2013 12:30 PM UTCLife Cancer, sequester, Sequestration
When America became a third-world country
Public investment has been a key to U.S. prosperity for the past century. Sequestration will undo all that
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 4:33 PM UTC 57Business TomDispatch.com, Education
Anyone regret slashing National Weather Service budget now?
With GOP-backed cuts to forecasting agency, experts warn future storms will go undetected and more lives lost
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 3:15 PM UTC 86Politics Editor's Picks
Lockheed Martin yet another victim of the sequester
CEO Marillyn Hewson frets about the fate of her billion-dollar defense company
Thursday, May 16, 2013 5:25 PM UTCBusiness Lockheed Martin, sequester cuts
Sequester cuts to domestic violence programs leave victims stranded
Domestic violence programs stand to lose $20 million in funding. The fallout is already bleak, advocates say
Monday, May 6, 2013 6:03 PM UTCLife domestic violence
Obama’s real leadership challenge: Democrats
Leadership isn't about getting drinks with McConnell or bad sports metaphors. The president must rally progressives
Monday, May 6, 2013 11:45 AM UTC 88News Barack Obama, sequester
My Barbara Lee mistake
The progressive Oakland Congress member was one of only 29 House Dems who voted against the FAA sequester dodge
Wednesday, May 1, 2013 8:18 PM UTCNews Barbara Lee, sequester
Repeal the sequester, already!
How long is Washington going to let austerity strangle our increasingly meager economic recovery?
Monday, Apr 29, 2013 3:02 PM UTC 13Business RobertReich.org, sequester
U.S. economy expands 2.5 percent through first quarter
But government spending has fallen, and the combination of tax increases and budget cuts could slow future growth
Friday, Apr 26, 2013 1:56 PM UTCBusiness Associated Press, U.S. Economy
Senate passes bill easing FAA furloughs
The legislation aims to increase staffing and reduce mounting flight delays
Friday, Apr 26, 2013 12:00 PM UTCBusiness Associated Press, FAA
Behind the worst economic recovery on record
Until we abandon supply-side tax cuts, the inequality gap will widen and our economy will continue to flounder
Monday, Apr 15, 2013 8:31 PM UTC 15Business RobertReich.org, George W. Bush
Sequestration’s stealth assault
Taxpayers are already feeling their debilitating effects -- they just don't realize it yet
Monday, Apr 8, 2013 10:09 PM UTCBusiness RobertReich.org, sequester
Obama cuts salary in solidarity with sequestered workers
The president will return 5 percent of his salary to the Treasury
Wednesday, Apr 3, 2013 8:47 PM UTC 26Politics Barack Obama, sequester
Let’s decide the budget ourselves
Americans are getting fed up with government. It's time to get them directly involved
Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 4:33 PM UTCBusiness Next New Deal, CBS, New York
Hey, guys, there was an election
Why House Republicans and their leader are behaving like Obama didn't win
Friday, Mar 15, 2013 11:47 AM UTC 93Business Opening Shot, John Boehner
President Obama needs a new joke writer
The nicest thing to say about his Gridiron Dinner appearance is that hopefully his staff had other priorities
Sunday, Mar 10, 2013 4:57 PM UTCNews President Obama
Can our growth survive the sequester?
The new jobs report reveals unemployment is at its lowest level in four years, but the good news may be short-lived
Friday, Mar 8, 2013 3:31 PM UTCBusiness On the Economy, sequester
It’s almost like the Tea Party won
The election was a rebuke of austerity -- but the hard right is getting its way on the sequester
Wednesday, Mar 6, 2013 1:04 PM UTC 49Politics Opening Shot, Barack Obama
Sequester could hamper Wall Street investigations
... which were going so well
Tuesday, Mar 5, 2013 3:26 PM UTCBusiness Sequestration, sequester
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