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Reality 9.4% in automatic cuts if this sequester goes through, 8.25 to discretionary spending. ive heard the president and my friends in congress and friends in the administration say they wish they had a scalpel to move things around but they dont. the thing thats the most important to me, and i heard marias interviews about how to balance this thing, theres no talk about growth to the extent we should talk about it. why not the keystone pipeline, new revenues the states in this country would b...

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Dollars in cuts that have to be made at the department of transportation, $600 million from the faa, 47,000 faa employees will need to be furloughed at least one day per pay period. is it still going to be safe for the american public to fly if this sequester goes forward. >> one thing we never compromise on is safety. we will never take a back seat to safety. safety will not be compromised. but we will have work with the airlines in slowing planes down. but there will be enough controllers to m...