Sentence examples for through the sequester from inspiring English sources

In between August 2011 and now, we got $800 billion in the fiscal cliff and $500 billion through slower health care cost growth, so we've got more than enough money through the sequester to pay for it.

If we can build on that, then we can capture the same amount of savings that we're capturing through the sequester and use those to make sure that we're not cutting vital investments that I talked about today, and we can help middle-class families.

An aide to Senator Harry Reid, the majority leader, said that Mr. Reid reminded Mr. Boehner and Mitch McConnell, the Senate Republican leader, that "absent a balanced agreement that pairs smart spending cuts with revenue measures asking millionaires to pay their fair share, the debt will be dealt with through the sequester".

Two years ago, when he was first confronted with the Republican refusal to raise the debt ceiling, Mr. Obama blinked and agreed to a budget control law that severely slashed domestic spending and will continue to do so for years through the sequester.

Congress has shown a tendency to ignore regular-order appropriations bills in favor of flat-funding Continuing Resolutions and across-the-board spending reductions through the sequester.

In fact, once the Republicans not only blocked further direct stimulus spending after 2010 but managed, through the sequester, to impose austerity, the Fed's measures became even more vital.

In addition, Collins' proposal would maintain deep cuts known as the sequester through at least March.

Of course, GOP aides continue to say they want a deal, but only on their terms — which is to say, they'll only accept a deal that averts the sequester through spending cuts alone, with no new revenues.

Keeping the government funded at existing levels (or increasing government spending) would put Congress on track to trigger automatic spending cuts through what is called the sequester, because of a 2011 law that imposed caps on spending.

In the ABC interview, Boehner tacitly acknowledged making a deal with Senate Democrats to avoid using the threat of a shutdown to attack Obamacare in exchange for an agreement to maintain the deep cuts known as the sequester through the fall.

Obama wants to offset the sequester through a combination of targeted spending cuts and increased tax revenue.