by Jane Richey | Mar 6, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
The White House may be closed to spring break visitors because of staff shortages blamed on spending reductions, but it looks like the White House Easter Egg roll, a party for 35,000 hosted by the Obama family, is still on. Since public tours of the White House are...
by Jane Richey | Feb 27, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) is suspending all military flights for congressional travel abroad under sequestration, according to a House leadership aide. The move is being made as part of the reductions in spending that congressional offices also have to...
by Jane Richey | Feb 26, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
President Barack Obama won’t have to worry about his paycheck if the spending sequestration included in the Budget Control Act that he signed into law in 2011 begins taking effect this Friday. A report published last month by the Congressional Research...
by Jane Richey | Feb 26, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Why would federal agencies cut their most vital assets instead of trimming around the edges? After all, the sequestration cuts are only 2.4 percent of federal spending. Take a couple of examples. President Obama said that “Air traffic controllers and airport security...
by Jane Richey | Feb 25, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
President Obama on Monday asked the nation’s governors to help pressure Congress to strike a deal to avert the looming sequester cuts set to hit at the end of the month. “While you are in town I hope you speak with your congressional delegation and remind...
