Parties look to make $1 trillion in sequestration cuts a campaign issue

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http://thehill.com/blogs/defcon-hill/budget-appropriations/240843-parties-look-to-make-1-trillion-in-sequestration-cuts-a-campaign-issue

The $1 trillion in spending cuts under sequestration are emerging as a major issue in congressional races and the presidential campaign, as both parties think they have a winning hand heading into November....

“Right now they both think sequester is to their political advantage. Somebody’s wrong and the voters are going to tell us who it is,” said Mackenzie Eaglen, a defense analyst at the conservative-leaning American Enterprise Institute....

But the sequestration fight doesn’t just run along partisan lines, as challengers from both parties are eyeing the cuts as a vehicle to attack incumbent opponents for a broken Congress....

Wayne Powell, a retired Army colonel running a long-shot campaign against Cantor, plans to make the job losses from the cuts an issue in the campaign, said Dave "Mudcat" Saunders, a Democratic strategist working on the race....


An enlightening article, wish I could post the whole thing. Support for those who suffer from these job cuts will surely effect other pieces of the pie.

[Angry Dragon]

1. This is what happens when the Congress refuses to do their job

[mia]

2. Holding on to their titles seems to be more important.

than doing their jobs.

[Angry Dragon]

3. I agree

that would put them in violation of their Oath of Office