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New York Stock Exchange
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Associated Press, by Staff
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Posted By:Dreadnought, 10/30/2012 11:02:46 PM
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| NEW YORK — The New York Stock Exchange will reopen for regular trading Wednesday after being shut down for two days because of Hurricane Sandy. The exchange said in a statement Tuesday that its building and trading floor are fully operational. Tuesday marks the first time since 1888 that the NYSE remained closed for two consecutive days due to weather. The last time was due to a massive snow storm. Sections of Manhattan were inundated with water and power was shut off to thousands of people and businesses. Global markets rebounded Tuesday
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
lakerman1, 10/31/2012 12:21:38 AM (No. 8975996)
The reality is that the NYSE does not have to be located in NYC or NYS, given the fact that modern communications would allow it to move to a low tax state.
But it won't, oddly enough.
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GOP moves away from
entitlements and toward
tax reform in budget deal
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Washington Post, by Lori Montgomery
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/27/2013 10:59:00 PM
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With another fight over the national debt brewing this summer, congressional Republicans are de-emphasizing their demand for politically painful cuts to retirement programs and focusing on a more popular prize: a thorough rewrite of the U.S. tax code. Reining in spending on Social Security and Medicare remains an important policy goal for the GOP. But House leaders launched a series of meetings last week aimed at convincing rank-and-file lawmakers that tax reform is both wise policy and good politics and should be their top priority heading into talks with Democrats over the need to raise the federal debt limit.
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Democrats Try To Cash
In On Texas Fatalities
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Power Line, by John Hinderaker
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/27/2013 10:53:03 PM
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The explosion at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas that claimed 14 lives is still unexplained; investigators have not yet figured out the cause. But that hasn’t stopped the Democrats from trying to make political hay out of the tragedy. First we have this disgusting cartoon in the Sacramento Bee, which is predicated on the idea that the explosion was caused by lax regulation on the part of the State of Texas: Governor Rick Perry protested vigorously, saying: While I will always welcome healthy policy debate, I won’t stand for someone mocking
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The GOP is dead? Talk to
Obama about the sequester
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American Thinker, by Rick Moran
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/27/2013 10:09:32 AM
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Writing off a political party because they lose an election or two is dangerous - as President Obama and the Democrats discovered with mandatory cuts that led to a bogus furlough for air traffic controllers. The administration´s dog and pony show on how badly the sequester is hurting blew up in their faces as it became clear that the delays at airports over the last week could have easily been avoided. The House passed an accounting fix for the FAA - who could have done it themselves - and the president is expected to sign it
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What if…? Two Iowa Dems found
guilty of fraud in getting Obama
on ballot in 2008
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PJ Media, by Rick Moran
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/27/2013 9:58:12 AM
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The history parlor game known as What if…? is generally dismissed by professional historians but is still a lot of fun for history buffs. Basically, you start with a premise; “What if” Kennedy had lived? Or, what if D-Day had failed? The permutations are endless and you can have a lot fun stretching the cause/effect theorems decades into the future. Here’s one for you; What if Barack Obama had failed to get on the ballot of the Iowa caucuses? This particular counterfactual may actually have happened, but for the criminal intervention of two Iowa Democrats
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Democrats Surrender on Sequestration
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Power Line, by John Hinderaker
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/27/2013 1:27:21 AM
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The Democrats proposed sequestration as part of a package to secure an increase in the debt ceiling, but they never expected it to go into effect. When it did, they felt double-crossed, apparently because they thought Republicans owed it to them to fold like a cheap suit, as usual. When the Republicans figured out that sticking with the sequester was a pretty good outcome–it represented a modest, but real, restraint on federal spending, which is what Republicans always say they want–the Democrats went to Plan B. It’s a strategy they have often used before: cut back
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Lawyer: Jailed pair shocked
by Boston bomb claims
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Associated Press, by David B. Caruso and Michael Kunzelman
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/27/2013 1:11:19 AM
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BOSTON — Two college friends of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev who were jailed by immigration authorities the day after his capture had nothing to do with the deadly attack and had seen no hints that he harbored any violent thoughts or terrorist sympathies, a lawyer for one of them said Friday. Azamat Tazhayakov and Dias Kadyrbayev, who are from Kazakhstan, were classmates with Tsarnaev at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. They appeared alongside him in a recent photograph of a group of young men visiting New York City´s Times Square
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Economy grew at 2.5 percent
in 1st quarter, amping fears
of a stalled recovery
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Washington Post, by Ylan Q. Mui and Marjorie Censer
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/27/2013 1:00:08 AM
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A steep slowdown in defense spending tied to the end of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is undercutting the country’s economic recovery, new government data released Friday revealed. The report showed gross domestic product grew at an annual rate of 2.5 percent during the first three months of the year — significantly slower than most economists had expected. The culprit? A surprising 11.5 percent annualized drop-off in military spending. The decline comes on the heels of an even bigger plunge in defense spending at the end of last year that brought economic growth to a standstill.
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Netflix CEO says future of TV is in apps
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Washington Post, by Cecilia Kang
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/27/2013 12:56:42 AM
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After Netflix’s blockbuster earnings sent its stock soaring this week, the company’s chief executive made a bold prediction: TV as we know it is coming to an end. Billions of people around the world will abandon remote controls and begin tapping video apps across an array of devices, Netflix chief executive Reed Hastings said. They will choose what to watch like they order food off an a-la-carte menu rather than be force-fed hundreds of channels. Instead of CBS, NBC and ABC, a new set of names will dominate, he said. “As Internet TV grows from millions to billions, Netflix, HBO, and
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Senate votes to end furloughs
of air traffic controllers
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Washington Post, by Ashley Halsey III and Lori Montgomery
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/25/2013 10:58:37 PM
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The Senate took the first step toward circumventing sequestration Thursday night with a bipartisan vote that would put furloughed air traffic controllers back on the job. The House is expected to take up the measure Friday, and the White House has promised to consider any bill which it receives. The Senate vote came in response to passengers angered this week by long delays at several major airports. If the Senate bill wins House approval and is signed into law by President Obama, the furloughed controllers are not expected to return to work before Saturday
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House conservatives to push
own immigration agenda
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Washington Post, by David Nakamura and Ed O´Keefe
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/25/2013 10:55:28 PM
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Influential House conservatives signaled Thursday that they will pursue their own course on revising the nation’s immigration laws, a move that some lawmakers warned could derail a comprehensive overhaul that President Obama has made a top priority for his second term. A week after a bipartisan Senate group introduced an 844-page immigration proposal backed by the White House, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) said he would chart a narrower path by introducing several small-scale immigration proposals this week that will begin months
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George W. Bush, a principled president
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Washington Post, by Michael Gerson
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/25/2013 10:51:58 PM
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DALLAS The dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum here has been an occasion for both friends and critics of the former president to press their case. According to the polls, the number of critics has fallen over time. They make up for it with enthusiasm. I fall into the friend category, having worked for President Bush for several years beginning early in the 2000 campaign. There are a number of reasons to join a presidential campaign, not least of which is the main-stage, high-wire excitement. But I can recall the day I decided
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The Bush legacy
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Washington Post, by Charles Krauthammer
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/25/2013 10:48:56 PM
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Clare Boothe Luce liked to say that “a great man is one sentence.” Presidents, in particular. The most common “one sentence” for George W. Bush is: “He kept us safe.” Not quite right. With Bush’s legacy being reassessed as his presidential library opens in Dallas, it’s important to note that he did not just keep us safe. He created the entire anti-terror infrastructure that continues to keep us safe. That homage was paid, wordlessly, by Barack Obama, who vilified Bush’s anti-terror policies as a candidate, then continued them as president
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Obama to Largest Abortion
Provider: ´God Bless You´
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Weekly Standard, by Daniel Halper
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Posted By: KarenJ1- 4/26/2013 1:05:08 PM
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President Obama ended his address to the largest abortion provider in the U.S., Planned Parenthood, by saying, "God bless you." "As long as we´ve got to fight to make sure women have access to quality, affordable health care, and as long as we´ve got to fight to protect a woman´s right to make her own choices about her own health, I want you to know that you´ve also got a president who´s going to be right there with you, fighting every step of the way," said Obama. "Thank you, Planned Parenthood. God bless you."
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Tear down this icon: Why the GOP
has to get over Ronald Reagan
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Washington Post, by Jennifer Rubin
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Posted By: Desert Fox- 4/27/2013 6:32:46 AM
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The unfailing reverence on the American right for Ronald Reagan is understandable. He was the only exemplar of modern conservatism to win the White House, and unlike liberal icons such as Roosevelt or Johnson or Obama, he presided over an economic boom and became beloved by voters not normally drawn to his party. No wonder that Reagan, long before his death in 2004, attained mythical status in the conservative movement and the Republican Party. But that myth has become a burden for the modern GOP. It has bound Reagan’s followers on the right to policies and positions that were
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College’s husky dog logo
promotes rape, says student
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Daily Caller, by Robby Soave
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Posted By: KarenJ1- 4/26/2013 12:21:39 PM
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The new logo for the University of Connecticut’s sports teams is a terrifying husky dog that calls to mind images of sexual assault, says one student. The new logo was unveiled last week, receiving mixed-to-negative reviews from UConn fans who preferred the older, cuter husky dog. But one student went much further, criticizing the new, meaner logo for being a pro-rape symbol. In an open letter to UC President Susan Herbst, self-described feminist student Carolyn Luby wrote that the redesigned team logo will intimidate women and empower rape culture. UConn basketball coach Geno Auriemma said the logo
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Eric Holder: Citizenship For
Illegal Immigrants Is A ‘Matter
Of Civil And Human Rights’
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Mediaite, by Noah Rothman
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Posted By: KarenJ1- 4/26/2013 3:20:10 PM
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During an April 24 address to the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), Attorney General Eric Holder told the crowd that “creating a pathway to earned citizenship” is a critical element of any comprehensive immigration reform plan. He said that establishing legal status for the nation’s estimated 11 million illegal immigrants is a “matter of civil and human rights.” “Creating a pathway to earned citizenship for the 11 million unauthorized immigrants in this country is essential,” Holder said to applause. “The way we treat our friends and neighbors who are undocumented by creating a mechanism for
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Obama's Hubris Problem
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Politico, by Keith Koffler
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Posted By: FlyRight- 4/26/2013 6:20:27 AM
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Tuesday morning, a peculiar announcement trickled out of the White House press office: President Barack Obama would be holding a moment of silence for the victims of the Boston bombings. At the White House. By himself. No press or other intruders allowed. That Obama assumed Americans would want an iconic photo of him privately mourning the victims of the bombings was emblematic of a kind of hubris that has enveloped the president and his White House as the president commences his second term.
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Against the ‘New Normal’
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Weekly Standard, by William Kristol
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Posted By: StormCnter- 4/26/2013 5:30:34 AM
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Are you alarmed by the counterterrorism failures increasingly evident as we learn more about the Boston terror attack? Don’t be. Former CIA director Michael Hayden has helpfully explained, “This tragedy is the new normal.” Are you surprised that a whole city was ordered to “shelter in place” as one “knockoff jihadi,” in Vice President Biden’s term, roamed the streets? Don’t be. It’s the new normal. Are you shocked by the Obama administration’s dissembling in response to terror attacks in Benghazi? Don’t be naïve. It’s the new normal. Are you worried that the president proclaims “red lines” to deter dictators
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Obama’s National-Security Fraud
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National Review Online, by Andrew C. McCarthy
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Posted By: Toledo- 4/27/2013 6:51:54 AM
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Unlike you, federal government officials are immune from charges of fraud. The executive branch, vested with all of the government’s prosecutorial authority and discretion, is not going to investigate its own operatives for carrying out its own mendacious policies.That is the story of last week’s Boston Marathon bombing and the frantic efforts of the bombers, the brothers Tsarnaev, to evade capture, shoot it out with police (two of whom they killed), and — we’re now told — detonate more bombs in Times Square. The Times Square non-attack is quite interesting.
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NBC´s Gregory Declares: Bush´s
´Reputation of Incompetence´
Has ´Stained´ GOP
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NewsBusters, by Kyle Drennen
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Posted By: KarenJ1- 4/26/2013 11:00:26 AM
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On the eve of the dedication of George W. Bush´s presidential library, NBC´s Meet the Press moderator David Gregory appeared on Wednesday´s Nightly News to tear down the former president´s legacy, beginning the report by remarking that it was "difficult to remember" Bush´s popularity after the September 11th attacks. [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump] Gregory described how Iraq War intelligence failures "formed the backdrop to criticism that the President underestimated the challenges he faced....And grew stubborn in the face of mounting setbacks." Gregory further proclaimed: "What grew into a reputation
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Obama: Our top priority must
be ´growing the economy´
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Investor´s Business Daily, by Andrew Malcolm
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Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 4/27/2013 12:33:55 PM
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President Obama´s weekly remarks: Hi, everybody. Our top priority as a nation must be growing the economy, creating good jobs, and rebuilding opportunity for the middle class. But two months ago, Congress allowed a series of automatic budget cuts to fall across the federal government that would do the opposite. In Washington-speak, these cuts were called the “sequester.” It was a bad idea then. And as the country saw this week, it’s a bad idea now. Because of these reckless cuts, there are parents whose kids just got kicked out of Head Start programs scrambling for a solution.
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Obamacare off the rails
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Washington Times, by Editorial
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Posted By: Pluperfect- 4/26/2013 5:41:18 AM
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Sen. Max Baucus, who as chairman of the Finance Committee guided Obamacare down the tracks in the U.S. Senate, is changing his tune now that he’s about to retreat into Montana to hide in placid retirement. He sees “a huge train wreck coming down” with the implementation of President Obama’s health care takeover. Now he tells us. With no sense of irony, the senator complained to Kathleen Sebelius, the secretary of Health and Human Services, that he is “very concerned” that Obamacare exchanges will not open on time. “The administration’s public information campaign
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Obama talks tough, shows no rush to
act on Syria chemical arms evidence
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Reuters, by Matt Spetalnick, Jeff Mason
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Posted By: EagleEye- 4/26/2013 9:34:06 PM
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Washington - President Barack Obama warned Syria on Friday that its use of chemical weapons would be a "game changer" for the United States but made clear he was in no rush to intervene in the civil war there on the basis of evidence he said was still preliminary. Speaking a day after the disclosure of U.S. intelligence that Syria had likely used chemical weapons against its own people, Obama talked tough while calling for patience as he sought to fend off pressure for a swift response against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. "Horrific as it is when mortars are being fired on civilians and people
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Democrats Surrender on Sequestration
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Power Line, by John Hinderaker
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/27/2013 1:27:21 AM
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The Democrats proposed sequestration as part of a package to secure an increase in the debt ceiling, but they never expected it to go into effect. When it did, they felt double-crossed, apparently because they thought Republicans owed it to them to fold like a cheap suit, as usual. When the Republicans figured out that sticking with the sequester was a pretty good outcome–it represented a modest, but real, restraint on federal spending, which is what Republicans always say they want–the Democrats went to Plan B. It’s a strategy they have often used before: cut back
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