BOX 1.2
SEQUESTRATION: WHAT IS IT AND WHAT IS
BREAD FOR THE WORLD DOING ABOUT IT?
Amelia Kegan, Bread for the World
In August of 2011, Congress passed the Budget Control Act, a large deficit reduction bill. It
included large, multi-year cuts to discretionary spending (yearly appropriated spending). It also
included a provision designed to induce a deal on mandatory spending cuts and tax increases.
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