92.7 WOBM » sequestration http://wobm.com Ocean County's Hometown Station! Mon, 20 May 2013 13:13:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Pentagon To Cut Civilian Furlough Days http://wobm.com/pentagon-to-cut-civilian-furlough-days/ http://wobm.com/pentagon-to-cut-civilian-furlough-days/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 12:10:45 +0000 Townsquare News Network http://nj1015.com/?p=265828 U.S. military officials say the Defense Department leaders trying to find ways to deal with mandatory budget cuts are poised to trim the number of civilian furlough days from 14 to at least 11 and allow the military to exempt thousands of additional workers from the unpaid day off requirements.

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]]> http://wobm.com/pentagon-to-cut-civilian-furlough-days/feed/ 0 Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel (Alex Wong/Getty Images) FAA: Air Traffic System Soon At Full Operation http://wobm.com/faa-air-traffic-system-soon-at-full-operation/ http://wobm.com/faa-air-traffic-system-soon-at-full-operation/#comments Sun, 28 Apr 2013 11:14:12 +0000 Townsquare News Network http://nj1015.com/?p=259119 The Federal Aviation Administration says it's suspended all employee furloughs and says air traffic facilities will begin returning to regular staffing levels.

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]]> http://wobm.com/faa-air-traffic-system-soon-at-full-operation/feed/ 0 Newark Airport control tower (Wikimedia) Congress Approves Bill To End Airport Delays [VIDEO] http://wobm.com/house-to-vote-on-easing-faa-furloughs-video/ http://wobm.com/house-to-vote-on-easing-faa-furloughs-video/#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:55:30 +0000 Dan Alexander http://nj1015.com/?p=258471  Congress easily approved legislation Friday ending furloughs of air traffic controllers that have delayed hundreds of flights daily, infuriating travelers and causing political headaches for lawmakers.

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]]> http://wobm.com/house-to-vote-on-easing-faa-furloughs-video/feed/ 0 Newark Airport control tower (Wikimedia) FAA Furloughs Kick In, Some Flight Delays Appear; Real Test Is Today http://wobm.com/faa-furloughs-kick-in-some-flight-delays-appear-real-test-is-today/ http://wobm.com/faa-furloughs-kick-in-some-flight-delays-appear-real-test-is-today/#comments Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:39:55 +0000 Townsquare News Network http://nj1015.com/?p=256288 Commercial airline flights moved smoothly throughout most of the country on Sunday, but experts say the first real test is Monday when traffic increases amid furloughs of air traffic controllers resulting from government spending cuts.

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]]> http://wobm.com/faa-furloughs-kick-in-some-flight-delays-appear-real-test-is-today/feed/ 0 Newark Liberty International Airport Terminal B (Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images) Illegal immigrants Released Due To Sequester http://wobm.com/illegals-released-due-to-sequester/ http://wobm.com/illegals-released-due-to-sequester/#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2013 09:16:30 +0000 Townsquare News Network http://nj1015.com/?p=245814 Hundreds of illegal immigrants have been released by the Obama administration due to budget pressures. Officials have also scaled back border agent hours, drug patrols and staffing at border crossings — all during the peak illegal border-crossing season.

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]]> http://wobm.com/illegals-released-due-to-sequester/feed/ 0 President Barack Obama (Mark Wilson/Getty Images) Weekly Address: Guns, Budget [VIDEO] http://wobm.com/weekly-address-guns-budget-video/ http://wobm.com/weekly-address-guns-budget-video/#comments Sat, 23 Mar 2013 11:18:00 +0000 Dan Alexander http://nj1015.com/?p=244392 President Barack Obama says each of his proposed steps to reduce gun violence should get a vote in Congress — even an assault weapons ban that both parties agree stands little chance at passing.

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]]> http://wobm.com/weekly-address-guns-budget-video/feed/ 0 Seanator Mike Lee (R-Utah) (YouTube) Trenton-Mercer Airport Faces Sequester Nightmare [AUDIO] http://wobm.com/trenton-mercer-airport-faces-sequester-nightmare-audio/ http://wobm.com/trenton-mercer-airport-faces-sequester-nightmare-audio/#comments Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:00:36 +0000 David Matthau http://nj1015.com/?p=241351 After years of little activity, Trenton-Mercer Airport in Ewing is now flying high, as the commercial carrier Frontier Airlines continues to expand operations and offer travelers more flights to different cities.

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]]> http://wobm.com/trenton-mercer-airport-faces-sequester-nightmare-audio/feed/ 0 NJ Office of Information Technology Lawmakers: Obama Wooing Could Break Budget Logjam http://wobm.com/lawmakers-obama-wooing-could-break-budget-logjam/ http://wobm.com/lawmakers-obama-wooing-could-break-budget-logjam/#comments Sun, 10 Mar 2013 15:11:18 +0000 Townsquare News Network http://nj1015.com/?p=239393 Republicans say they welcome President Barack Obama's courtship and suggest the fresh engagement between the White House and Congress may finally yield solutions to the stubborn budget battle that could cost Americans jobs.

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]]> http://wobm.com/lawmakers-obama-wooing-could-break-budget-logjam/feed/ 0 U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) (Alex Wong/Getty Images) Republicans Unveil Government Funding Measure http://wobm.com/republicans-unveil-government-funding-measure/ http://wobm.com/republicans-unveil-government-funding-measure/#comments Tue, 05 Mar 2013 09:49:44 +0000 Townsquare News Network http://nj1015.com/?p=237398 Republicans controlling the House are moving to give the Pentagon more money for military readiness. They also want to largely exempt agencies like the FBI and the Border Patrol as well as Western firefighting efforts from the effects of across-the-board spending cuts that are just starting to take effect.

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]]> http://wobm.com/republicans-unveil-government-funding-measure/feed/ 0 Gov't: Budget Cuts Already Causing Airport Delays http://wobm.com/govt-budget-cuts-already-causing-airport-delays/ http://wobm.com/govt-budget-cuts-already-causing-airport-delays/#comments Mon, 04 Mar 2013 14:01:16 +0000 Townsquare News Network http://nj1015.com/?p=237075 Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says U.S. airports, including Los Angeles International and O'Hare International in Chicago, are already experiencing delays as a result of automatic federal spending cuts.

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]]> http://wobm.com/govt-budget-cuts-already-causing-airport-delays/feed/ 0 Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano (Alex Wong/Getty Images) GOP Says Sequester Cuts Will Remain [VIDEO] http://wobm.com/gop-says-sequester-cuts-will-remain-video/ http://wobm.com/gop-says-sequester-cuts-will-remain-video/#comments Mon, 04 Mar 2013 11:00:47 +0000 Townsquare News Network http://nj1015.com/?p=236956 The $85 billion in federal spending cuts that began kicking in Friday are here to stay if you believe the latest public statements from Washington.

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]]> http://wobm.com/gop-says-sequester-cuts-will-remain-video/feed/ 0 House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) on NBC's Meet the Press (NBC) Sequester Cuts to Hit Military School Districts First [VIDEO] http://wobm.com/sequester-cuts-to-hit-military-school-districts-first/ http://wobm.com/sequester-cuts-to-hit-military-school-districts-first/#comments Sat, 02 Mar 2013 16:31:44 +0000 Townsquare News Network http://nj1015.com/?p=236713 While public schools everywhere will be affected by the government's automatic budget cuts, few will feel the funding pinch faster than those on and around military bases.

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]]> http://wobm.com/sequester-cuts-to-hit-military-school-districts-first/feed/ 0 Weekly Address: Budget Sequester [VIDEO] http://wobm.com/weekly-address-budget-sequester-video/ http://wobm.com/weekly-address-budget-sequester-video/#comments Sat, 02 Mar 2013 11:37:31 +0000 Dan Alexander http://nj1015.com/?p=236658 Severe spending cuts are now the law of the land and the battle has spilled into the weekly media messages from President Barack Obama and the Republicans, with both sides saying it's the other's fault.

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]]> http://wobm.com/weekly-address-budget-sequester-video/feed/ 0 Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wa) (YouTube) Obama Blames Republicans For Sequester [VIDEO/POLL] http://wobm.com/obama-blames-republicans-for-sequester/ http://wobm.com/obama-blames-republicans-for-sequester/#comments Fri, 01 Mar 2013 18:19:06 +0000 Townsquare News Network http://nj1015.com/?p=236461  

President Obama blames Republicans' refusal to close 'wasteful' loopholes as the cause of  automatic budget cuts that will go into effect at midnight.

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]]> http://wobm.com/obama-blames-republicans-for-sequester/feed/ 0 President Obama (White House via YouTube) IRS Spares Tax Refunds By Delaying Furloughs http://wobm.com/irs-spares-tax-refunds-by-delaying-furloughs/ http://wobm.com/irs-spares-tax-refunds-by-delaying-furloughs/#comments Fri, 01 Mar 2013 16:28:19 +0000 Townsquare News Network http://nj1015.com/?p=236456 Here's a bright spot amid the doom and gloom of the government's automatic spending cuts: They shouldn't delay tax refunds.

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]]> http://wobm.com/irs-spares-tax-refunds-by-delaying-furloughs/feed/ 0 Internal Revenue Service building (Mark Wilson/Getty Images) Sequester Cuts Will Be Stretched to Friday Limit http://wobm.com/sequester-cuts-will-be-stretched-to-friday-limit/ http://wobm.com/sequester-cuts-will-be-stretched-to-friday-limit/#comments Fri, 01 Mar 2013 10:03:49 +0000 Townsquare News Network http://nj1015.com/?p=236275 The White House says automatic spending reductions set to kick in Friday will be put off until as close to midnight Friday night as possible. Call them the Cinderella cuts.

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]]> http://wobm.com/sequester-cuts-will-be-stretched-to-friday-limit/feed/ 0 Obama Chides GOP For Killing Plan To Address Cuts [VIDEO] http://wobm.com/obama-chides-gop-for-killing-plan-to-address-cuts-video/ http://wobm.com/obama-chides-gop-for-killing-plan-to-address-cuts-video/#comments Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:30:42 +0000 Townsquare News Network http://nj1015.com/?p=236244 President Barack Obama is chiding Senate Republicans for blocking a Democratic plan to replace automatic spending cuts that are set to kick in Friday.

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]]> http://wobm.com/obama-chides-gop-for-killing-plan-to-address-cuts-video/feed/ 0 : House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) (R) listens as U.S. President Barack Obama gives his State of the Union address (Charles Dharapak-Pool/Getty Images) How Sequester Budget Cuts Could Affect You http://wobm.com/how-sequester-budget-cuts-could-affect-you/ http://wobm.com/how-sequester-budget-cuts-could-affect-you/#comments Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:52:37 +0000 Townsquare News Network http://nj1015.com/?p=236090 Government agencies are already taking steps to comply with automatic spending cuts scheduled to take effect Friday.

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]]> http://wobm.com/how-sequester-budget-cuts-could-affect-you/feed/ 0 President Barack Obama delivers remarks to the National Governors Association (Olivier Douliery-Pool/Getty Images) Senate To Vote On Rival Budget Plans [VIDEO] http://wobm.com/senate-to-vote-on-rival-budget-plans-video/ http://wobm.com/senate-to-vote-on-rival-budget-plans-video/#comments Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:40:00 +0000 Townsquare News Network http://nj1015.com/?p=235921 Some $85 billion in across-the-board spending cuts to domestic agencies and the military are set to kick in Friday.

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]]> http://wobm.com/senate-to-vote-on-rival-budget-plans-video/feed/ 0 US Capital building (Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images) Is NJ Worried About Sequester Cuts? [AUDIO] http://wobm.com/is-nj-worried-about-sequester-cuts-audio/ http://wobm.com/is-nj-worried-about-sequester-cuts-audio/#comments Thu, 28 Feb 2013 10:19:03 +0000 Kevin McArdle http://nj1015.com/?p=235744 Deep automatic spending cuts will kick at midnight tonight if lawmakers in Washington, D.C. and President Barack Obama cannot reach a deal to end the country's latest fiscal crisis.

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