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House GOP Panel Moves On Deep Budget Cuts

Townsquare News Network — Wed, 22 May 2013 03:05:07 +0000

Republicans controlling the House are pressing ahead with slashing cuts to domestic programs far deeper than the cuts departments like Education, Interior and State are facing under an already painful round of automatic austerity.

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Flight Delays Pile Up After FAA Budget Cuts

Townsquare News Network — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 23:10:25 +0000

Up and down the East Coast, airports are reporting flight delays. This is the first weekday on which thousands of air traffic controllers are being forced to take an unpaid day off because of federal budget cuts.

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Smithsonian Closing Galleries Due to Budget Cuts

Townsquare News Network — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 04:39:19 +0000

Budget cuts from Congress will soon reduce the number of free exhibitions on view each day at the Smithsonian Institution and will furlough U.S. Park Police officers who guard the nation's monuments.

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Budget Cut Warnings May Prove Harsher Than Reality

Townsquare News Network — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 15:20:59 +0000

Get ready for two weeks of intensifying warnings about how crucial government services are about to go away -- including many threats that could eventually prove true.

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Obama Administration Warns of 'Destructive' Budget Cuts

Townsquare News Network — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 19:09:26 +0000

A new White House report issued Friday warns that $110 billion in across-the-board spending cuts at the start of the new year would be "deeply destructive" to the military and core government responsibilities like patrolling U.S. borders and air traffic control.

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