Sequestration, sequestration, se Wait, dont summon the S-word!

Published: July 11, 2023, 11:54 a.m.

b'If the fiscal 2024 budget process was a baseball game, we\\u2019d still be in the early innings. And like in baseball, where no lead is safe, what the bills look like today is far from what they will look like on Oct. 1 or Nov. 1 or even Jan. 1, whenever Congress passes, and the president signs, a final set of spending bills.\\nThe one thing that seems certain, is lawmakers will not get the budget done by Oct. 1, leaving agencies with yet another continuing resolution and opening the door, ever so slightly, for the return of the \\u201cS\\u201d word \\u2014 sequestration.\\nJust don\\u2019t say to more than three times, or like Beetlejuice, if you say it too often, it will appear out of the ether.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'