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Sequester cuts: Economic threat or all politics?
Jeremy Hobson Feb 25, 2013
As the government gets closer to the sequester deadline, the warnings about what the federal budget cuts would mean are getting louder.
Wielding the sequester knife: 'There is no manual'
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
Kai Ryssdal Feb 22, 2013
The Weekly Wrap considers a better way to describe the sequester cuts coming next week.
Where does the term 'sequester' come from?
Tracey Samuelson Feb 25, 2013
Former Senator Phil Gramm (R-TX) first used 'sequester' in a budget bill during the Reagan years. He still likes the term and the idea.
Sequester could cut jobs outside U.S. borders
Christopher Werth Feb 22, 2013
Cuts in defense spending as part of the sequester could ripple to suppliers outside the U.S.
Local TV gets presidential exclusive
Nancy Marshall-Genzer Feb 22, 2013
The president gave interviews Wednesday to eight local TV stations in markets with a lot at stake in the fight over the across the board budget cuts.
Who picked the word 'sequester' anyway?
Kai Ryssdal Feb 22, 2013
Give us your suggestions for a better word for "sequester."
Walmart's worries: Payroll tax, gas prices
Mark Garrison Feb 21, 2013
Walmart, Safeway and other grocers face more than higher payroll taxes. High gas prices could crimp shoppers, but job growth could help.
Sen. Mark Warner on why the sequester cuts are 'stupid'
Kai Ryssdal Feb 22, 2013
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) explains why across-the-board cuts on defense spending and elsewhere is bad business.
Nation's capital gripped by 'sequester stress'
Nancy Marshall-Genzer Feb 22, 2013
D.C. denizens turn to happy hours, cigarettes to cope with looming budget cuts.
