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Sequestration: A history

Published On: Feb 26 2013 12:31:38 PM CST   Updated On: Apr 04 2013 07:36:57 AM CDT

Take a look at the history of sequestration from its first use in the 1980s to today’s cuts.

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The result was a compromise crafted in August 2011: In exchange for raising the debt ceiling, a bipartisan committee (which came to be known as the supercommittee), would craft legislation that would cut future spending by $1.2 trillion over 10 years.

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