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AuH20
02-23-2013, 02:23 PM
Finally!!!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/bob-woodward-obamas-sequester-deal-changer/2013/02/22/c0b65b5e-7ce1-11e2-9a75-dab0201670da_print.html


The president and Lew had this wrong. My extensive reporting for my book “The Price of Politics” shows that the automatic spending cuts were initiated by the White House and were the brainchild of Lew and White House congressional relations chief Rob Nabors — probably the foremost experts on budget issues in the senior ranks of the federal government.

Obama personally approved of the plan for Lew and Nabors to propose the sequester to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.). They did so at 2:30 p.m. July 27, 2011, according to interviews with two senior White House aides who were directly involved.

Nabors has told others that they checked with the president before going to see Reid. A mandatory sequester was the only action-forcing mechanism they could devise. Nabors has said, “We didn’t actually think it would be that hard to convince them” — Reid and the Republicans — to adopt the sequester. “It really was the only thing we had. There was not a lot of other options left on the table.”

TheTexan
02-23-2013, 02:28 PM
You know the world is about to end when Obama accidentally cuts spending

itshappening
02-23-2013, 02:49 PM
And treasury nominee Lew was also caught lying, this should stop his nomination but I doubt the GOP has the guts

ZENemy
02-23-2013, 02:52 PM
Bob Woodward: Obama Not Being Truthful On Sequester any subject where his lips are moving.


yaaaay