WASHINGTON – Congressman Tom Reed spent his weekly media conference call on Tuesday highlighting the upcoming March 1 sequestration deadline, along with plans the House has proposed to realign the sequestration cuts. The Corning Republican said it is likely political pressure will be needed before the Senate comes to the table to negotiate, adding that so far he haven’t seen any movement from the Senate to avoid the sequester or work with the House to realign the cuts.
Reed said that the time since the White House suggested the sequester as a solution in 2011, the House of Representatives has acted on two pieces of legislation to realign the indiscriminate cuts associated with sequestration.
He said that he believes there is a better way to cut spending than the arbitrary cuts found in the sequester and the house is prepared to make cuts elsewhere, but it need action from the Senate. But Reed is not sure that will happen. He said that so far, nothing but rhetoric and a renewed call to raise taxes is coming from the White House. He, like other Republicans, expects the Senate to follow the White House’s lead.
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