Laying Down Blunt Budget Markers For Debt Crisis

President Barack Obama has signed into law a bill to end furloughs of air traffic controllers. The furloughs stemmed from the automatic, across-the-board spending cuts that started taking effect in March. Millions of air travelers were and more »

Liberals' loud objections to White House proposals for slowing the growth of huge social programs make it clear that neither political party puts a high priority on reducing the deficit, despite much talk to the contrary.

Legislators will consider rates totaling up to 30 percent, hoping to pay for new laws without driving customers back to the black market.    

CNBC.comWhere the Budget Cut Pain Is Really Being FeltCNBC.comFlight delays from furloughs of air traffic controllers may seem like the start of the predicted doom of sequestration. But for many, the pain of the mandated budget cuts are already being felt. "The cuts are hitting some people really hard," said Joel Packer, Fingers point over flight delays - LaHood says it might get worse - Finance Politico (blog)Sequester slams air-traffic control systemExaminer.comWill sequestration affect US aviation safety?eTurboNewsFederalNewsRadio.com -Daily Caller -24/7 Wall St.all 81 news articles »

With many air traffic controllers on unpaid leave, lawmakers criticized the agency for how it was handling the automatic budget cuts required by sequestration.