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Articles tagged “sequester”

Tourism

President Obama doesn’t like what the sequester means for White House tours

It looks like the Republicans’ hack job of a tour video did the trick seeing as hours after its YouTube debut, Obama was on ABC telling viewers he wants to find a way to restart the White House tours.

Roger Runningen, Bloomberg | 11 years ago

President Obama doesn’t like what the sequester means for White House tours

Tourism

House Republicans create video touting Capital tours in sequester debate

The House might have kept its tours, but did it loose its cameraman to budget cuts? The last-ditch dig at President Obama would do little to convince tourists they need to visit the Capitol at all.

Jim Abrams, Associated Press | 11 years ago

House Republicans create video touting Capital tours in sequester debate

Hotels

Hotels fret over expected government travel slump due to sequestration

Travel could very likely become the face of the sequestration opposition movement with FAA and TSA job cuts and depressed hotel sales becoming the poster children for fatter federal budgets.

Skift | 11 years ago

Airlines

U.S. sequester could cost 170 small town airports their control towers

Losing a tower doesn’t guarantee airport closure, but it’s the equivalent of putting a prison ball on operations. These five Oregon airports are hoping their military operations keep them off the axe list.

Jeff Barnard, Associated Press | 11 years ago

Airlines

Some U.S. lawmakers are angry about TSA’s new $50 million clothing budget

Sequester or not, the men and women of the TSA do need clothes. But some people can't miss an opportunity to bash the agency over unimportant things.

Skift | 11 years ago

Some U.S. lawmakers are angry about TSA’s new $50 million clothing budget

Airlines

U.S. airlines bullish on Q1 demand and revenue despite sequester fears

The budget cuts passed and the sky has yet to fall. Commercial airlines are looking forward to strong first quarter with positive expectations for the coming months despite government naysaying.

Reuters | 11 years ago

U.S. airlines bullish on Q1 demand and revenue despite sequester fears

Tourism

Yellowstone’s first brush with budget cuts: Two weeks delayed opening

So the sequestration budget cuts aren't just empty loud threats, they are here, and Yellowstone will start showing it much earlier than others.

Ruffin Prevost, Reuters | 11 years ago

Yellowstone’s first brush with budget cuts: Two weeks delayed opening

Ground Transport

Amtrak, local transit and highways safe from sequester cuts

Amtrak and regional rail are used to cuts and lack of funds, but the highway system just won't know what to do with itself if it sees fewer funds later this year.

Paul Nussbaum, Philadelphia Inquirer | 11 years ago

Amtrak, local transit and highways safe from sequester cuts

Airlines

The scary post-budget-cuts air traffic scenarios keep rolling in

At this point, the budget cuts effects have been so muddied by politics that we don't know who to believe, and if these doomsday scenarios are just that, doomsday fantasies, without any grounding in realpolitik.

Alan Levin, Bloomberg | 11 years ago

The scary post-budget-cuts air traffic scenarios keep rolling in

Tourism

Smithsonian to keep regular hours even if $40 million budget cut takes effect

The amount seems large, but $40 million translates into only 5% of Smithsonian's annual budget, so it will likely find ways to operate normally, at least for now.

Brett Zongker, Associated Press | 11 years ago

Smithsonian to keep regular hours even if $40 million budget cut takes effect