Perhaps if the implementation of these spending and deficit reduction plans were not skewed towards the out years we would be more willing to give the projected savings more credence.

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And the Senate put forward a bill that Republicans filibustered that would have brought down the sequester and postponed the implementation of the sequester in a way that would have allowed Congress to pursue the broader deficit reduction package through regular order.

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