Sentences with phrase «automatic budget cuts»

But he endorsed the bill's main concept, which provides for automatic budget cuts in certain situations.

Planned Parenthood Federation of America President Cecile Richards released the following statement after the White House released a new report on the impact of automatic budget cuts known as «sequestration» that will kick in if Congress does not reach a debt reduction agreement.

The product of intensive talks before lawmakers left Washington for Christmas, the budget deal alleviates the harshest effects of automatic budget cuts on the Pentagon and domestic agencies.

He plans to return to Washington, D.C., later this month with North Country community leaders to meet with officials at the Pentagon and in Congress, and discuss possible automatic budget cuts under the sequester.

February 28, 2013 • With automatic budget cuts set to take effect Mar. 1, politicians are jockeying to control the message about sequestration and what it will mean for their constituents.

«As lawmakers argue over what to do about the enormous deficit and looming automatic budget cuts, we have come together to present them with almost $ 700 billion in cuts,» said Ryan Alexander, president of TCS.

«Automatic budget cuts implemented per the sequester threatens the ability of the Department to plan for and issue permits for new development projects, conduct environmental reviews, and lease new federal lands for future development,» according to the Interior Secretary.

Public schools everywhere will be affected by the government's automatic budget cuts under the congressional sequester.

Automatic budget cuts in Washington could reduce Head Start slots by 70,000 in 2013 alone.

Automatic budget cuts and tax increases will kick in if Congress can not reach an agreement.

The president plans to return 5 percent of his salary to the Treasury in solidarity with federal workers who are going to be furloughed as part of the automatic budget cuts known as the sequester.

On March 22nd the FAA announced it would close the FAA Control Tower at Griffiss Airport due to automatic budget cuts that were triggered by sequestration.

Major science agencies have been recovering from the automatic budget cuts known as «sequestration» first imposed in the 2013 fiscal year, but their recent gains may be difficult to match for the upcoming fiscal year, according to a new analysis from the AAAS R&D Budget and Policy Program.

Oak Ridge is one of 10 national labs run by DOE's Office of Science, which this year took a 5 % hit, to $ 4.632 billion, as part of the automatic budget cuts known as sequestration.

May 11, 2013 • Automatic budget cuts have pushed Air Force bases to slash their flying budgets even though it means grounding pilots and reducing readiness.

President Obama speaks to the media after the automatic budget cuts associated with the sequester took effect in March 2013.

The automatic budget cuts, which don't take effect until 2013, are by no means guaranteed and, of course, the structural issues in the budget remain unaddressed.