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Sequestration
A playlist for the sequester
Mar 1, 2013
We asked for songs that reflect your feelings about the sequester -- and you recommended everything from Bob Marley's "Three Little Birds" to The Talking Heads' "Burning Down the House." Listen to the full playlist now.
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How will the sequester affect you?
Mar 1, 2013
Sequester, sequester, sequester. How much doom and gloom should everyday Americans be ready for?
Sequester cuts get real for unemployed Americans
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Kai Ryssdal
Mar 1, 2013
The sequester will mean cuts to the unemployment checks people depend on to pay bills.
Sequester time is here
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Kai Ryssdal
Mar 1, 2013
The now-infamous sequestration -- $85 billion in automatic federal spending cuts -- kicks in today.
Negotiating: 'Deal or no deal' works in business, not politics
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Eve Troeh
Feb 28, 2013
Businesses issue ultimatums all the time. Politics requires negotiations, whether before -- or after -- a crisis.
Sequester threatens to delay tax refunds
Feb 27, 2013
Taxpayers face a double whammy thanks to the sequester. The budget cuts could delay IRS refunds. That's after the fiscal cliff debate delayed the start of filing season.
For public good, not for profit.
The sequester: 'More like The Blob than Frankenstein'
Feb 25, 2013
The automatic budget cuts won't happen all at once.
Wielding the sequester knife: 'There is no manual'
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Kai Ryssdal
Feb 22, 2013
Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter says the mechanism of the sequester cuts to the Defense Department is "dumb."
Rename the sequester: Suggestions
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Kai Ryssdal
Feb 22, 2013
The Weekly Wrap considers a better way to describe the sequester cuts coming next week.