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we who favor reducing the size of government need to be vigilant the next few months as congress begins to negotiate a variety of spending proposals. many in congress are too eager to increase spending and gut the sequester, the law that was passed in 2011 with the goal to modestly reduced spending over the next ten years.
september 30 is the end of the fiscal year for the federal government and as of today, no appropriations (spending) bill has been signed into law. in fact, as i write this, of the twelve appropriations bills, only four have been passed in the house while none have passed in the senate. this sets up a scenario for the congress to pass a continuing resolution, legislation that will keep the government funded until the appropriation bills can be passed and signed into law.
in addition to the spending bills, taxpayers need to be aware we have another debt ceiling vote coming up soon. raising the debt ceiling allows the government to borrow more money to pay its bills. treasury secretary jack lew has said raising the debt ceiling is “non-negotiable.” we can expect a lot of machinations on this item too.
we need to make sure the spending reductions stay in place. stay vigilant. save the sequester.
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I found 138 "e"s in the provided passage.
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