By JESSICA DAHLBERGÂ
Capital News Service
RICHMOND, Va. – Reading the news this week can be a little like reading the story of Chicken Little. Except in this story, the sky is not falling – the sequester is coming.
The sequester refers to automatic federal-government spending cuts totaling an estimated $1.2 trillion over the next nine years. They will take effect March 1 unless Democrats and Republicans can make a deal on reducing the federal budget deficit.
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