Across-the-board cuts to most categories of government spending, called sequestration, will be addressed in Congress on March 1 unless lawmakers do something about it in the next month.
The much-hyped massive cuts were scheduled for the beginning of 2013, but they were delayed until March so Congress could focus on the unsettled fiscal cliff negotiations.
On Sunday's Meet The Press, House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin) said he thought the sequester would happen.
His attitude alarmed the activist group PICO-United Florida (People Improving Communities through Organizing). As Wednesday evening's sun went down, two dozen citizens gathered in front of Florida Sen. Marco Rubio's Tampa office off Fowler Avenue to call on Rubio and Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson to block any draconian cuts to social programs.
This article appears in Jan 31 – Feb 6, 2013.