Date: March 25, 2021
Subject: Fueling Run-Away Spending by Overriding the Sequester Budget Restraints
Description: This bill further fuels run-away government spending by overriding the automatic spending cuts to Medicare put in place under the 2011 Budget Control Act, also known as the sequester. Specifically, the bill continues to exempt Medicare from sequestration (2% cut) until 2022 at a cost to taxpayers of $12.2 billion. The bill contains no other reforms or spending offsets. ACU believes the tea-party era sequester serves as one of the last hopes for fiscal responsibility, and opposes Congress' continual action of "kicking the can down the road" at a time when the national debt is set to exceed $30 trillion.
Result: Bill Passed, 90-2
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