Administration warns of impact of broad budget cut
WASHINGTON (AP) — Widespread flight delays and shuttered airports, off-limit seashores and unprotected parks.
The Obama administration is painting a dire portrait of the many ways the public will feel the effects of automatic federal spending cuts due to begin March 1.
The grim picture is emerging as the White House and lawmakers count down the days until the government is forced to trim $85 billion in domestic and defense spending with hardly any leeway to save some programs from the budget knife.
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