Sequestration takes effect in 4 days. Set up under the Budget Control Act, which I voted against, sequestration was the White House’s idea to help urge the “Super Committee” to agree on massive spending cuts. That failed. Since then, the House has passed two different plans (H.R. 5652 and H.R. 6684) to replace the President’s sequester with responsible spending cuts. But, the Senate refused to consider either bill. Now, thousands of Americans face furlough and pink slips.
Meanwhile, aware of this impending deadline, the Administration somehow thought that an Executive Order giving a pay raise to Members of Congress, the Vice President, the Cabinet, White House staff and federal employees was appropriate. It is not.
