Copyrighted Image? DMCA | Across the U.S. economy, anxiety is rising about the potential for widespread disruptions after the November election, when a lame-duck Congress will have barely two months to resolve a grinding standoff over taxes and spending. Last week, the House approved a plan to protect the Pentagon in January by reconfiguring $110 billion in across-the-board spending cuts -- known as "sequestration" -- so they would fall exclusively on domestic programs, such as food stamps and health care for the poor. |