Here’s how Boehner sold the sequester to his Republican caucus 18 months ago - Bath, NY - The Courier

Here’s how Boehner sold the sequester to his Republican caucus 18 months ago

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By Pat Cunningham

The illustration above shows the final slide in a Power Point presentation House Speaker John Boehner sent to his fellow Republican lawmakers in July, 2011.

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Although he now blamesPresident Obama for the draconian spending cut set to take effectMarch 1, just days before it passed, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) characterized the so-called sequester to Republicans as a way to hold the president accountable…

Within two days, the Budget Control Act — a debt limit hike, a wave of nearly $1 trillion in spending cuts, and the sequester — was overwhelmingly passed by Congress and ...

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