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    Sequestration Ax Looms Over 6 La Mesa Companies, Report Suggests

    September 13, 2012

    Eric Yates and Ken Stone

    La Mesa-Mount Helix Patch

    Members of Congress and business lobbyists have been sounding alarms aboutsequestration—looming Pentagon budget cuts that could exceed $500 billion over 10 years.

    They could begin in January if lawmakers don’t deal with the so-called “fiscal cliff,” including the fallout of the [...]

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    Defense cuts could have $2.4 billion impact in Florida

    September 13, 2012

    Tampa Bay Business Journal

    Florida defense contractors could lose $2.4 billion annually under “sequestration,” or the automatic cuts that would take place if the U.S. Congress doesn’t reach a budget deal.

    The projected cuts are included in a report from The Center for Security Policy, a group that advocates for [...]

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    Pentagon Budget Cuts Could Affect 23 Santee Companies, Report Suggests

    September 13, 2012

    Steven Bartholow and Ken Stone

    Santee Patch

    Members of Congress and business lobbyists have been sounding alarms aboutsequestration—looming Pentagon budget cuts that could exceed $500 billion over 10 years.

    They could begin in January if lawmakers don’t deal with the so-called “fiscal cliff,” including the fallout of the 2011 Budget [...]

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    Defense industry in Delco could see huge cuts

    September 13, 2012

    Jeff Wolfe

    Delco Times

    When it comes to depending on defense contracts to fuel the economy, Delaware County leans pretty hard on our armed forces.

    According to the Center for Security Policy, county businesses had 1,396 defense contracts in 2011 for a total of almost $2.9 billion, easily the highest [...]

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    Report: Sequestration Could Cost Midlands $75 Million-Plus

    September 12, 2012

    Shawn Drury

    Lexington Patch

    The Midlands could lose dozens of millions of dollars in military contracts if the 10-year, $500 billion cuts to the nation’s defense budget under sequestration occur later this year, according to a right-wing think tank specializing in national defense.

    Sequestration is an automatic, near trillion dollar [...]

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    Group posts Congressional reports to illustrate defense cuts

    September 12, 2012

    Joe Cogliano

    Dayton Business Journal

    The Center for Security Policy has posted new Congressional district reports to help estimate the potential local economic impacts of the ten-year $500 billion in cuts to the nation’s defense budget under Sequestration.

    The reports provide a 2011 baseline to see how congressional districts may [...]

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    How hard would defense cuts hit Tennessee?

    September 12, 2012

    Brian Reisinger

    Nashville Business Journal

    You’ve heard the drumbeat about how big of a hit U.S. defense spending would take under “sequestration,” the automatic cuts coming if the U.S. Congress doesn’t reach a budget deal. A new study looks at what those cuts could mean for the Tennessee economy.

    A [...]

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    Report: Sequestration Could Cost Lowcountry $173M

    September 12, 2012

    Lindsay Street

    North Charleston Patch

    The Lowcountry could lose $173 million in military contracts by the 10-year, $500 billion cuts to the nation’s defense budget under sequestration, according to a right-wing think tank specializing in national defense.

    Sequestration is an automatic, near trillion dollar spending cut triggered in 2013 unless Congress [...]

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    Center releases Vermont congressional district reports on Defense sequestration economic impacts

    September 12, 2012

    Vermont Biz

    A research group that opposes automatic cuts to defense spending, called “sequestration,” released a report Tuesday that said Vermont defense contractors would lose over $100 million in such work if Congress and the president do not come up with a new budget by January 1, 2013.

    State [...]
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    Center releases SC Congressional District Reports on Defense Sequestration Economic Impacts

    September 12, 2012

    WASHINGTON DC – September 11 2012 – The Center for Security Policy has posted new Congressional District Reports to help estimate the potential local economic impacts of the ten-year $500 billion in cuts to the nation’s defense budget under Sequestration.  The reports are free and available online to the public [...]

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