March 4, 2013
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Read news from the March 4th edition, including articles on sequestration and the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act.
- CHN: Senseless Cuts Begin: Wide Swath of Domestic Services and Pentagon Spending Will See $85 Billion Reduction This Year
On March 1, President Obama issued an order directing federal agencies to begin implementing “sequestration” – $85 billion in cuts that were not supposed to happen. For weeks, it seemed a foregone conclusion that Congress would fail to agree on a way to replace these cuts by the March 1 deadline. Negotiations among the Administration, House and Senate were non-existent. But in the weeks approaching the deadline it was assumed that if cuts began to occur after March 1, pressure would intensify and a way to replace the cuts would be found in tandem with the next big deadline: when the temporary spending bill covering all appropriations expires on March 27. Read More »
Posted in Budget and Appropriations, Food and Nutrition, Military Spending Comments Off - CHN: VAWA is Reauthorized Despite Contention in House Proceedings
On Thursday February 28, the House passed the Senate’s comprehensive, bipartisan reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) with a vote of 286 to 138. Eighty-seven Republican members of Congress joined with 199 Democrats in reauthorizing VAWA, which expired in 2011 and protects victims of domestic and sexual abuse. The reauthorization includes additional safeguards Read More »
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