Does that mean those secret service people will be furloughed? Probably not. So there will be no cost savings. ABC just carries the talking points again.

So in other words, Obama could do away with White House tours until the end of his administration - and *still* not save the taxpayers the bucks one of his golf outings costs...

What a buffoon.

Dittos to #s 1 and 2. Does the AP think we´re idiots or are they idiots?

....thus cutting jobs and salary for people who may depend on this work.
Nasty, petty, mean spirited,self-centered, dishonest; words I never expected to be applicable to an American president, but in this case they do.

#3, the AP thinks we are idiots. After all, Obama did get re-elected.

I am sure those people are still drawing paychecks. This is nothing more than Obama´s temper tantrum at being outsmarted by the Republicans. Trying to make someone suffer for his failure!

Whatever happened to that big, black bus Obama ordered for his campaign, along with a red and black bus? Remember they were made in Canada?
Have they been sold, with the money going back to the Treasury?
How much did we pay for Malia´s Spring Break trip THIS year?
Inquiring minds want to know.

Such lying scum, this was obviously a childish stunt which backfired on Zero and his gang of idiots. Trimming Aunt Esther´s travel budget alone could pay for months of tour operations.

It was my understanding that the WH budget was exempt from sequester cuts. He´s just throwing a big old baby temper tantrum, and I a sick to death of him and his lies.

Big whoopy. He blows $18k in one golf outing.
As a previous poster stated, what a buffoon.

Don´t think the media are through with this. If they make Obama look bad for one day or one week that just means they will start rehabilitating him next and start ignoring his missteps and hammering the Republicans for weeks. They will never allow Obama to be left with egg on his face for long.

Obama´s plan was to spout his lies which would give the dog whistle to the media as to where he was going with all of this. He expected them to then pick up the rest and make the Republicans look bad. Didn´t work out that way...... yet.

How much will the trip to see Chavez cost us?????? I´m sure it´s more than 18k...and air force one cost
$180,000 per minute to fly...plus tax...i

The Secret Service is not losing one thin dime! They are still getting an increase over this year´s budget, just not as big an increase.

Democrats are liars or idiots, or both!

Yea, for every $180,000 hour Obama´s using Air Force One, he could cover the WH Tour Secret Service protection for 10 weeks!!!

Whatta joke this character is!? He thinks the country´s even dumber than I thought he did.

What surprises me is that Obama can cancel these tours. This is not ´his´ house, it is ´our´ house, and I would think congress would have something to say about cancelling tours.

Read elsewhere today that plans are starting to be made for the ´annual´ summer vacation to some luxe location, the Hamptons or some such place. Interesting that the annual trips only began when we taxpayers started paying for them.

And a trip to Andrews AFB for golf?

900,000 a year for the tours if you do 50 weeks. That´s a few hundred thousand less than the cost of Obamas golf weekend to Florida where he played with Tiger Woods.

Ask the American people which should be cut.

That´s about 6 minutes of carrying the First Muslim and his clown posse on AF1 for one of his extortion junkets. Big Freakin´ Deal.

This is the taxpayers´s house not the won´s.... well Boehner said the won could make the cuts where ever he desired...

Take away Michelle´s eye make up / magic marker team and the hair straightener staff and whoever helps squeeze her into those gaudy outfits. That would probably save another $18K per week. If the point of this article is to show us they are being frugal I am not impressed.

Clearly NOT the same caliber as President Bush. W stopped playing golf because of the war. O still has a war on, AND the economy is down the toilet, but that does not stop him from spending taxpayers´ money on golf outings and vacations for Moochelle.

That´s probably the weekly bill for the Wookie´s Wig jobs.

Never underestimate the value of a bad example. What a child! It IS our house, not his!

Why would anyone want a tour of the White House until the Marxist Moron leaves?

But they still throw parties and concerts for all their elite friends. They continue to travel all over the world on vacation and eat the best food possible. And of course,Zero spends a fortune golfing. But we the people cannot come and see OUR White House when we want???? I don´t think so...

Hey, you can still get a White House tour.

Just donate $50,000 to Obama Permanent Campaign Fund (or whatever they call it) and you´ll get a tour and a night in the Lincoln Bedroom.

Or was it $500,000? Either way, you´ll get the tour.

I bet at least $18000 was spent on last night`s WH dinner that fed 8 republicans.

How much would savings would there be if we cancel the Office of President?

Just heard that BO is planning another vacay on the VERY posh Martha´s Vinyard. Secret Svs already there to find lodging.

BOs didn´t go last year because of the campaign. Course not! How could he bash the wealthy, the 1%, and bash Romney with every breath, and go to the Vinyard where only the very very very wealthy hang out?

Now. what will it cost? how many White House tours could be had for that trip?

According to Greta at FNC tonight the Secret Service says that the cost of the tours are actually a whopping $76,000 per week. I bet they were told to pad the figure because one wonders how in the world they come up with a figure that high.

Amazing amount of discomfort when you believe the administration is actually trying to make things more painful in order to win a political point on the Sequester. It´s an outrage!

Remind me again, how many ´holiday´ trees were there in wh ? There was no concern for the budget in December.

I´m sure some rich black rapper or rich black NBA star can afford to donate $18,000 per week for "the children"....why didnt the bastids at AB F´in C suggest THAT? Huh???

Hey #3, this article wasn´t aimed at us idiots, it´s aimed at all those other idiots that watch ABC news.

Cut the zippy family touring budget for two weeks and the money is saved.

Wow, all that money saved. If zippy keeps this up we will be back in the red in no time.

You would actually save MORE by cancelling the golf trips. The transportation, the security, the dinners, the jet fuel and pilots, golf fees...etc... would be way more than $18,000. The estimate for that trip is in the millions. The Vineyard Golf club Fees are over $362,000 a year, alone, and that is before transportation and secret service. His Hawaii vacation just cost us $4 million dollars, moochelle´s Aspen trip $1.6 million. It is estimated that obama, his wife and kids cost us taxpayers $1.4 Billion per year with this nonsense. and he is balking at $18,000 a week, that is just a family dinner at Martha´s Vineyard.