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In response to "He's left with no option but to say "When we voted for that trigger, we underestimated how dumb we were"" by Roger More

"The bill directly specified $917 billion of cuts over 10 years"

Posted by ty97 Sep 10 '12, 17:47

I don't have the breakdown of those direct cuts yet, but believe that's what O'Donnell is talking about in the link -- that part of that 917 that impacts defense.

Those are direct cuts, part of the bill, nothing to do with success or failure of a the bipartisan panel, nothing to do with triggers.

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source link -- (link) - ty97 Sep 10, 17:48 2
- Here: "The Budget Control Act mandated $917 billion in federal spending cuts over a 10-year period, including some $487 billion in defense cuts." - ty97 Sep 10, 17:50 1
  - Ah, thanks. -- nm - Roger More Sep 10, 17:53

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