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Feb 2019

Does Trump have a path to the rest of the border wall money?

Jazz Shaw Feb 13, 2019 9:21 AM

And do it without declaring an emergency

Feb 2018

McConnell: We’ve finally agreed — to spend a lot more money

Ed Morrissey Feb 07, 2018 2:01 PM

Schumer: Deal will “consign the arbitrary and pointless sequester caps to the ashbin of history.”

$enate leader$ clo$e to $weeping deal on budget cap$

Ed Morrissey Feb 07, 2018 10:01 AM

All it will co$t i$ money — lot$ of it.

May 2014

The total number of federal jobs lost to sequestration? That would be… one.

Erika Johnsen May 08, 2014 9:21 PM

The sequester, the myth, the legend.

Jan 2014

Bipartisan omnibus spending bill emerges

Ed Morrissey Jan 14, 2014 9:21 AM

Oh, goody.

Dec 2013

Quotes of the day

Allahpundit Dec 11, 2013 10:41 PM

Split.

Oh my: Mitch McConnell reportedly voting against Boehner/Ryan budget deal

Allahpundit Dec 11, 2013 3:31 PM

Conservative.

Boehner: These conservative groups who are objecting to the budget deal are “ridiculous”

Allahpundit Dec 11, 2013 1:54 PM

“They’re using the American people for their own purposes. This is ridiculous.”

Budget deal on the horizon … or not

Ed Morrissey Dec 03, 2013 2:41 PM

Under the radar.

Oct 2013

WaPo: Golly, that sequestration has taken a toll on DC job market

Ed Morrissey Oct 22, 2013 10:41 AM

Perspective.

CNN poll shows majority opposed to GOP House control, Obama approval 44/52

Ed Morrissey Oct 21, 2013 9:21 AM

But are Republicans winning the fiscal war?

Quotes of the day

Allahpundit Oct 13, 2013 8:01 PM

Demands.

Sep 2013

D.C. mayor: I can’t be sure, but maybe sequestration’s partly to blame for this Navy Yard shooting

Allahpundit Sep 17, 2013 4:01 PM

“It’s hard to know.”

Jul 2013

CBS: Top military brass live pretty darn comfortably in the age of sequester

Ed Morrissey Jul 22, 2013 9:21 AM

RHIP.

The return of the sequester monster

Jazz Shaw Jul 14, 2013 6:31 PM

Defcon

Jun 2013

Yeesh: National Zoo misplaces red panda for a day, latest in a series of sometimes tragic animal mishaps

Mary Katharine Ham Jun 24, 2013 6:21 PM

Not cute.

May 2013

Yay! Tax dollars for “prison poetry”

Jazz Shaw May 19, 2013 6:31 PM

Busted Rhyme

Interior Dept: Sequestration is going to mean less firefighting, you know

Erika Johnsen May 13, 2013 7:31 PM

Downsizing, the wrong way.

Oh, good: Interior still acquiring new land and creating monuments, nevermind sequestration warnings

Erika Johnsen May 01, 2013 5:21 PM

Sequester? What sequester?

Bad news: Even the Left isn’t buying Obama’s “buck stops somewhere else” pitch

Ed Morrissey May 01, 2013 10:41 AM

In brightest day, in blackest night, no accountability shall disturb my sight.

Apr 2013

Open thread: Obama presser at 10:15 10:30

Ed Morrissey Apr 30, 2013 10:01 AM

New stand-up material?

Senate-passed FAA furlough fix bill heads to House tomorrow

Mary Katharine Ham Apr 25, 2013 10:01 PM

Roll, pitch, yaw, repeat.

White House to back FAA flexible-spending plan to end ATC furloughs

Ed Morrissey Apr 25, 2013 2:41 PM

Chicago Tribune: “Hostages on the tarmac!”

Carney on furloughs and flight delays: Hey, don’t say we didn’t warn you

Erika Johnsen Apr 24, 2013 2:01 PM

Rabble rabble rabble.

Steny Hoyer: Boston is ‘proof’ sequestration is bad, or something

Mary Katharine Ham Apr 16, 2013 3:21 PM

Crass politicization, A-Hoyer!

Retail sales fall 0.4% in March, most in 9 months

Ed Morrissey Apr 12, 2013 10:01 AM

Unexpectedly.

Great news: Sequester doesn’t stop DHS Bagpipe Corps

Ed Morrissey Apr 11, 2013 8:41 AM

Shockingly, Gallup finds that people aren’t taking the sequester seriously.

Oh, good: Latest GAO report details billions more in wasteful/duplicative spending

Erika Johnsen Apr 09, 2013 9:21 PM

Dagger.

WH: Why no, today’s jobs report doesn’t change our economic strategy

Erika Johnsen Apr 05, 2013 1:21 PM

Oh, good.

Poll: Sequester fall-out is not going the way Democrats had wished

Mary Katharine Ham Apr 04, 2013 10:01 PM

Cross their hearts.

Sequester solidarity: Obama to return five percent of his salary

Erika Johnsen Apr 03, 2013 6:41 PM

Magnanimosity.

Mar 2013

What’s really behind those FAA tower closures?

Jazz Shaw Mar 23, 2013 11:31 AM

Unfriendly skies

Rand Paul: Democrats are going to start blaming the bubonic plague on sequesteration

Erika Johnsen Mar 20, 2013 7:21 PM

Seconded.

Harry Reid hints: The explosion that killed those seven Marines was caused by sequestration, you know

Allahpundit Mar 19, 2013 4:01 PM

“Pure political posturing on the backs of these dead Marines.”

Jay Carney “contradicts” Obama: No, actually, it was the White House who canceled public tours

Allahpundit Mar 13, 2013 7:21 PM

Crisis.

OFA e-mail: The sequester is not a list of numbers made up to scare you, but…

Erika Johnsen Mar 13, 2013 2:01 PM

…but actually, we do.

Poll shows Nightmare on Sequester Street a flop

Ed Morrissey Mar 12, 2013 10:01 AM

Bad news for sequels.

Sequester, schmequester: Party at the White House!

Erika Johnsen Mar 11, 2013 4:26 PM

Shared sacrifice?

Quotes of the day

Allahpundit Mar 10, 2013 8:01 PM

Outreach.

Fox News anchor offers to save White House tours, with his wallet

Mary Katharine Ham Mar 07, 2013 9:41 PM

Easter Egg Roll is spared.

Time for some sequestration-scrutiny of Obama’s leisure time?

Erika Johnsen Mar 07, 2013 4:41 PM

Optics.

Ryan 3.0: A perfect 10?

Ed Morrissey Mar 07, 2013 12:01 PM

Definitions.

Obama to Ryan: Let’s do lunch

Ed Morrissey Mar 07, 2013 10:01 AM

And let’s undo normal order?

Video: WH saving $18,000 a week canceling tours

Ed Morrissey Mar 07, 2013 9:21 AM

Doing the math.

Does Trump have a path to the rest of the border wall money?

McConnell: We’ve finally agreed — to spend a lot more money

$enate leader$ clo$e to $weeping deal on budget cap$

The total number of federal jobs lost to sequestration? That would be… one.

Bipartisan omnibus spending bill emerges

Quotes of the day

Oh my: Mitch McConnell reportedly voting against Boehner/Ryan budget deal

Boehner: These conservative groups who are objecting to the budget deal are “ridiculous”

Budget deal on the horizon … or not

WaPo: Golly, that sequestration has taken a toll on DC job market

CNN poll shows majority opposed to GOP House control, Obama approval 44/52

Quotes of the day

D.C. mayor: I can’t be sure, but maybe sequestration’s partly to blame for this Navy Yard shooting

CBS: Top military brass live pretty darn comfortably in the age of sequester

The return of the sequester monster

Yeesh: National Zoo misplaces red panda for a day, latest in a series of sometimes tragic animal mishaps

Yay! Tax dollars for “prison poetry”

Interior Dept: Sequestration is going to mean less firefighting, you know

Oh, good: Interior still acquiring new land and creating monuments, nevermind sequestration warnings

Bad news: Even the Left isn’t buying Obama’s “buck stops somewhere else” pitch

Open thread: Obama presser at 10:15 10:30

Senate-passed FAA furlough fix bill heads to House tomorrow

White House to back FAA flexible-spending plan to end ATC furloughs

Carney on furloughs and flight delays: Hey, don’t say we didn’t warn you

Steny Hoyer: Boston is ‘proof’ sequestration is bad, or something

Retail sales fall 0.4% in March, most in 9 months

Great news: Sequester doesn’t stop DHS Bagpipe Corps

Oh, good: Latest GAO report details billions more in wasteful/duplicative spending

WH: Why no, today’s jobs report doesn’t change our economic strategy

Poll: Sequester fall-out is not going the way Democrats had wished

Sequester solidarity: Obama to return five percent of his salary

What’s really behind those FAA tower closures?

Rand Paul: Democrats are going to start blaming the bubonic plague on sequesteration

Harry Reid hints: The explosion that killed those seven Marines was caused by sequestration, you know

Jay Carney “contradicts” Obama: No, actually, it was the White House who canceled public tours

OFA e-mail: The sequester is not a list of numbers made up to scare you, but…

Poll shows Nightmare on Sequester Street a flop

Sequester, schmequester: Party at the White House!

Quotes of the day

Fox News anchor offers to save White House tours, with his wallet

Time for some sequestration-scrutiny of Obama’s leisure time?

Ryan 3.0: A perfect 10?

Obama to Ryan: Let’s do lunch

Video: WH saving $18,000 a week canceling tours

Report: “Growing divide” between Trump and McConnell over whether he should be allowed to call witnesses at impeachment trial

Chief’s rant aside: “Boyfriend Loophole” wouldn’t have saved Houston cop

University suspended professor for romantic text exchange he was blackmailed over ending