Commentary Alliance for Retired Americans: Sequester Leaves Seniors in the Cold by Gary Kopycinski on March 1, 2013 Gary Kopycinski Author More in Commentary: Heteronormativity: Grappling with Straight Privilege March 24, 2026 Former Park Forest Mayor Ostenburg Implores Chicago Cardinal Cupich to Care for St. Irenaeus Property December 16, 2025 An Angel Now Guards Our Friends in Blue: Park Forest Mourns the Loss of #204, Detective Tim Jones December 4, 2025 Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 1, 2013. Across-the-board budget cuts that take effect today in the sequester will affect senior citizens across the country.