- NBC News explains how, exactly, sequestration formally takes effect, and when the economy might start feeling its wake.
- House Speaker John Boehner says he will not support additional tax increases to forestall sequestration, even though the White House has demanded it.
- State economist Tom Stinson said Minnesota will probably see about 5,000 fewer jobs created this year under sequestration. Minnesota’s firewall against the spending cuts has been well-documented.
- But other states are facing much tougher prospects. Stateline looks at where defense spending cuts will hurt the most. (For the Minnesota angle, note the second chart: Department of Defense spending accounts for less than 1 percent of Minnesota’s GDP)
- Congress is already looking beyond the sequester to its next self-imposed crisis, the expiration of government funding on March 27 and the potential government shutdown that brings with it. Politico looks at the potential sequestration implications within that debate.
- Finally, the AP leaves the Beltway and looks at the real-life impacts of sequestration cuts in states where the pain could be felt the worst.
MinnPost’s sequestration coverage is here.
A bill does NOT need 60 votes to pass
—-“Democratic Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken voted for this bill, but with only 51 ayes, it fell short of the 60 votes needed for passage.”——
A bill does NOT need 60 votes to pas the Senate. It only requires a simple majority. A bill only needs 60 votes to overcome a Republican filibuster. Which have become routine on everything.
Maybe because the media never calls them on what they’re doing.