There is a diary currently on the Rec list that has a few typos in it.
I am returning to make a special guest appearance in order to correct the typos so that it reads accurately.
Putting aside the whole issue of (chained-CPI and whether it's a cut or an accurate measure of inflation) how budgets are passed and a forced goevernment shutdown), let's deal in some cold, hard facts.
Cold, hard fact #1:
Republicans control the House of Representatives Cold, hard fact #2: Both houses of Congress are required to pass legislation before it can even reach the president's desk Cold, hard fact #3: (Sequestration) A federal government shutdown will occur unless legislation is passed, and signed into law, to prevent it from happening or to modify its provisions