Automatic budget cuts have spotty record on federal level
Sunday, May 8, 2011
WASHINGTON -- Congress and President Barack Obama are proposing ways to automatically trigger budget savings if they can't rein in deficits the old-fashioned way, by enacting laws to cut spending or raise taxes. Similar efforts in the past have a spotty record.
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