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Governers Warns budget Cuts Put Jobs at Stake

Democratic and Republican governors in Washington on Sunday urged Congress to achieve a budget deal before billions in budget cuts kick in soon, warning the cuts might be a job-killer and get rid of post-recession economic gains. “I’m very worried about the effect on the economy,” Delaware Democratic Gov. Jack Markell told “Fox News Sunday.” Hawaii Gov. Abercrombie , center, seen with National Governors Association Chairman Gov. Jack Markell of Delaware, left, and Vice Chairman Gov. Mary Fallin of Oklahoma, speaks throughout the opening news conference of the NGA Winter Meeting in Washington. The nation's governors say their states are threatened if the automatic, across-the-board budget cuts, known as the sequester, work March 1. The roughly $85 billion in across-the-board cuts this coming year to defense and other federal spending, referred to as sequester, begins Friday if Congress ceases to reach an agreement. Both sides decided to the program this season a

Governors shows disappointment Towards Wa gridlock, sequestration

The nation’s governors a message Weekend for Americans frustrated that Washington’s persistent misogynistic gridlock appears likely to result in an across-the-board spending budget cut Drive 1 that can delay flights and result in hundreds of thousands associated with layoffs: They’re disappointed too. Meeting in Wa for the winter months meeting of the National Governors Connection, state main executives coming from both parties expressed deepening concern about your mindlessness of the $85 billion budget reduce, which will be split between army and home programs and definitely will otherwise present an equal whack to every influenced government program. They required to be allowed far more discretion within how shelling out cuts are implemented. It’s the effect of Congress’ failure to agree on a more targeted deficit reduction bundle. Congress will certainly return to work Monday after a week-long recess, nevertheless despite governmental posturing, there’s been absolutely no sign of