The irony about the sequester is that it is aimed at the areas of the budget which, if you look historically, are flat or actually declining.
Angus King: “The irony about the sequester is that it is aimed at the areas of the budget which, if you look historically, are flat…”
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Senator King critiques the sequester's impact on already low areas of the budget.
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