7 politicians who said the sequester would never happen

Adrienne LaFrance, Digital First Media

Posted: 02/25/2013 03:19:15 PM PST

Updated: 02/25/2013 03:22:55 PM PST

President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Feb. 11, 2013, during a Medal of Honor ceremony for retired Staff Sgt. Clinton Romesha. Romesha's leadership during a daylong attack by hundreds of fighters on Combat Outpost Keating in Afghanistan led to award. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci) (Evan Vucci)

These politicians said the sequester would never happen. They were wrong.The whole point of the sequester - that wonky term for $85 billion in automatic budget cuts set to be triggered by Congress' failure to find another way to reduce the deficit - was that it would never happen. But now the consensus in Washington is that the sequester is inevitable.Whoops.Here's a sampling of national leaders who argued that we'd never get to this point: President Barack Obama In the third presidential debate, President Obama was blunt in his assessment ...View "These politicians said the sequester would never happen. They were wrong." on Spundge

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7 politicians who said the sequester would never happen

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