The partisan bickering over sequestration, the U.S. policy under which federal spending would be slashed by $1.2 trillion over 10 years absent a congressional deficit reduction deal, reached fever pitch during a hearing Aug. 1, as Republican lawmakers and White House officials traded charges over responsibility for the looming disaster. Clearly the desire to loudly bemoan sequestration, which by all accounts would devastate the aerospace industry, particularly since the Pentagon would absorb half of the cuts, far outweighs Congress’ willingness to do anything about it.
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