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Sequestration Threats Heat Up On Hill

Julie Samuel

Tuesday, July 17th, 2012

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As Congress prepared to debate legislation and hear testimony this week on “sequestration” reductions to the Pentagon budget, a senior Democrat threatened yesterday to let the potential cuts take effect if Republicans won’t increase revenues. Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), the No. 4 Democrat in the Senate, said at a Washington think tank that “if Republicans won’t work with us on a balanced approach, we are not going to get a deal.” Murray co-chaired a bipartisan “super committee” that failed to craft…

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