Every day that passes without a deficit-cutting deal makes it more likely that the federal government will be forced into its first "sequester" in nearly 30 years, a problem of politicians' own making ...

Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. Americans are not especially worried about the mandatory federal spending cuts set to begin March 1, widely cited polling by Pew ...

Image #: 21414789 Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) leaves after speaking about sequestration at a press conference on Capitol Hill on February 28, 2013 in Washington, D.C. If Congress fails to ...

Have you heard about the sequester? It's coming up very soon, and it's going to be bad. Unless it isn't! No one is really sure yet, but it's definitely someone's fault for not doing something about it ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans and Democrats are sounding the alarm: The budget sequester is coming and we have to do everything to stop it. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says it will be devastating ...

We are facing a moment in Washington. Both Republicans and Democrats have decided, in poker lingo, to go all-in on the same hand, the looming set of mandatory across-the-board cuts known as the ...

An unwelcome sequel is scheduled for January release and it’s titled Sequester: Part 2. It is increasingly likely that this second round of indiscriminate cuts will reprise the first sequester, with ...

Almost a week since the dreaded sequester went into effect, and look out your window. To quote President Obama the day after Obamacare was passed, the sun is still shining, the birds are still ...

The sequester is only four days old and it has already done untold damage — not to teachers, air traffic controllers, or the military, mind you, but to President Obama’s credibility. Obama has been ...

The term sequester is derived from the Latin sequestrare, meaning “to hand over to a trustee” or “to set aside.” It is also related to the term sequester, which is a person who is entrusted with ...