The Boring Sequester

Jon Favreau: “From the outset, Washington never treated the sequester with the seriousness it deserves. And really, who would have expected otherwise? The word is a verb being used as a noun to describe $85 billion in defense and domestic discretionary cuts to the federal budget. I almost fell asleep just writing that sentence.”

“Much of the political press lost interest in covering the substance of
policy debates late last century, so it wasn’t too surprising that by
February, some reporters were bitterly tweeting about how particularly
boring they found this sequester business.”