If you haven't yet had a chance to watch Neil deGrasse Tyson's exceptionally good "Cosmos" series, all episodes are on Fox and Hulu.com. If you did get to watch, this parody may be of interest.
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Blast from the Past. At Daily Kos on this date in 2013—Top House Republicans calls second round of sequester 'idiotic,' but says his hands are 'tied':
The Hill reports on the outlook for the second year of the sequester, which will reduce spending in FY2014 from $1.043 trillion to $967 billion. In all likelihood, the $76 billion in additional austerity will come from another round of indiscriminate cuts. And The Republican head of the House's Appropriations Committee isn't happy:
[Chairman Hal] Rogers called the sequester situation “idiotic” but said his hands are “tied” by the Budget Control Act, the House-passed budget and House rules. |
Good to know he thinks the way Congress is doing business is "idiotic." If only he knew someone who could do something about that ... |
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