WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has signed an order authorizing the government to begin cutting $85 billion from federal accounts, officially enacting across-the-board reductions that he opposed but failed to avert.
Obama acted Friday, the deadline for the president and Congress to avoid the steep, one-year cuts.
Obama has insisted on replacing the cuts, known as a “sequester” in government budget language, with tax increases and cuts spread out over time. Republicans have rejected any plan that included tax revenue.
The government says the reductions will soon result in furlough notices to government employees and will trim government spending on defense contracts and in domestic government programs. Active military personnel and anti-poverty and low-income assistance programs are largely protected from the cuts.
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Amen
Spending cuts coming out of a democrats mouth it truly is the end of the world!
he signed up for that and thats what every one really wanted so all good its not a crazy senario its really reductions to future spending levels so not like obama made it out to be
This is the first smart thing this dumbass has done since he’s been in office!
sad day
Government out of control…. vacations left right and sideways costing billions… those should be cut as well. It has come down to this to enforce the government to stop spending like we got it. Congress should get a cut too… I know I did.
He wanted this and said it back in October and now he’s blaming the republicans….ridiculous
This is the Obama way. Never take responsibility for anything and blame everyone else! The worst excuse of a president in our nations history!!
Obama has been going around the country for 5 years campaigning against the damage done by his policies and getting away with it.
thank you John Boener…you should be impeached!!!!!!!