Members of Congress Unable to Forestall Automatic Spending Cuts
264 views · Published 1 March 2013 · 3:03 · Indexed 21 October 2026
Channel: Voice of America · 2013 · News & Politics
Automatic U.S. government spending cuts are beginning [today/Friday] amid continued political gridlock in Washington -- which is preventing the adoption of less-painful paths to deficit reduction. As VOA's Michael Bowman reports, last-ditch alternatives to the sequester were defeated in the Senate, and future budget negotiations will go forward with across-the-board austerity already in place.
