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By Rich Meade
Sequestration was officially ordered by the President on Friday, March 1. What does sequestration actually mean for the federal budget?
First, we need to review a couple of key terms.
As Congress recesses post-State of the Union, Prime Policy Group previews the 113th Congress and President Obama’s second term in “The 113th Congress: The Path Forward.” We focus on the major policy issues, key players and internal party dynamics that will be in play over the next two years.
By Marty Paone
By Rich Meade
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke coined the term “fiscal cliff” to describe two simultaneous events set to occur at the end of last year: the provisions of current law set to expire on December 31 and budget sequestration which would begin to take effect on January 2. The increase in revenues and decrease in federal spending, which would have totaled $641 billion, would have had a significant negative impact on the economy if it had been allowed to happen.
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Prime Policy Group has prepared the 113th House and Senate Committee and Subcommittee rosters and will update them as needed. Find the lists below:
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By Keith Smith
The President wants it. House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell want it. Businesses want it. The makings of a grand budget compromise are on the table. Principal negotiations have begun in earnest. Everyone seems to want to avoid the looming “Fiscal Cliff.”
As seen in The Hill’s Congress Blog:
Hollywood movie moguls and Nashville’s country music stars have a lot at stake in the omnibus farm bill currently languishing in Congress. Buried under the legislation’s arcane provisions on food stamps, farm commodity price supports and soil conservation programs lies a ticking time bomb that threatens all owners of intellectual property.
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