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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Senate Republicans have offered legislation crafted by Sens. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) and James Inhofe (R-Okla.) as their alternative to the sequester due to take effect Friday. {mosads}Some Republicans ...

The financial markets have all but shrugged off the hyped impact of the sequester, which was due to take effect Friday and which includes $85 billion in cuts to government spending this fiscal year.

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 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 ...