The likely next director of the White House budget office faced few questions about “sequestration” during her confirmation hearing Monday, perhaps signaling the debate over those budget cuts has died down in Congress. Sylvia Burwell, whom President Barack Obama nominated to direct the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), did not even cite or field questions about the $1 trillion-plus in decade-long spending reductions for much of her hearing before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. The fiscal…
Sequester Barely Mentioned At Budget Director Confirm Hearing
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