HotAirhttps://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/03/07/the-white-house-is-saving-18000-a-week-by-cancelling-tours/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 07:22:16 -0400White House saving $18,000 a week by cancelling tours<![CDATA[ABC reports tonight: “Republicans accuse the White House of playing politics. But the White House says it is canceling the tours because sequester spending cuts have sliced $84 million out of the Secret Service’s $1.6 billion budget. And they are the ones who secure the tours. They wouldn’t say how much this saves, so we did some math. Tours are open 20 hours a week and use 30 uniformed Secret Service officers at about $30 an hour. Total saved? Approximately $18,000 a week.” &#8230;]]>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 08:25:51 -0500<![CDATA[Erika Johnsen]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2013/03/07/the-white-house-is-saving-18000-a-week-by-cancelling-tours-n281114