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Durbin: Sequestration Plans Could Help Stop Cuts

Julie Samuel
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A Senate leader predicted yesterday Congress still could agree to stop across-the-board Pentagon cuts from starting in March, saying lawmakers could become emboldened once they receive details on how the reductions would be implemented. The so-called sequestration cuts, of $500 billion to longterm defense plans, are widely unpopular in the White House and on Capitol Hill. Yet an increasing number of lawmakers and analysts have predicted in recent days that Democrats and Republicans won’t agree on plan to stop their…

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