Sentences with phrase «automatic federal budget cuts»

Learn how the automatic federal budget cuts, known as the «sequester,» will affect the TEACH Grant Program.

April 5, 2013 • Automatic federal budget cuts that kicked in March 1 have had little initial impact in many parts of the government.

Low income advocates joined U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders Monday to warn that the automatic federal budget cuts will harm low income Vermonters.

The automatic federal budget cuts known as sequestration have begun and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is raising concerns about the potential impact on Vermonters.

And even so, the House still fell so short of funds that its plan could result in huge automatic federal budget cuts next year.

Not exact matches

Federal R&D spending has remained essentially flat since 2005, and the 2011 Budget Control Act, a package of automatic spending cuts known as the «sequester,» only exacerbated that reality, she said.

On Friday March 1, automatic cuts known as the «sequester» go into effect across the federal budget.

The automatic cuts to education and many other federal programs, known as «sequestration,» were intended as an incentive for lawmakers to reach an agreement on lowering the federal budget deficit by $ 1.2 trillion, but were triggered when Congress failed to do so in late 2011.

Meanwhile, the deep «sequestration» budget cuts of 2013, which forced automatic reductions on most federal programs, didn't kick in until spring, and mostly affected students the following school year.

Requiring automatic, across - the - board federal budget cuts of 10 %, the sequester was enacted during the bitter debt ceiling negotiations that resulted in passage of the Budget Control Act ofbudget cuts of 10 %, the sequester was enacted during the bitter debt ceiling negotiations that resulted in passage of the Budget Control Act ofBudget Control Act of 2011.