4 Ways Austerity Demands Have Reached New Extremes

by Gary Kopycinski on September 17, 2013

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Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 17, 2013. In an effort to avoid a government shutdown, Senate Democrats have accepted spending levels equivalent to previous House Republican budgets, yet House Republican leaders are now insisting on new, deeper spending cuts in exchange for preventing a government shutdown, according to a new issue brief released today by the Center for American Progress.