Congress Quickly Fixes the Wrong Problem

Mark Trahant
April 29, 2013
Last week was a perfect illustration of the broken structure that is the United States government. Congress cannot pass a budget...

Cherokee Nation Eases Sequester Cuts with $3.2M to Oklahoma Schools

Suzette Brewer
April 13, 2013
At its annual Public School Appreciation Day on April 12, the Cherokee Nation awarded checks totaling $3.2 million to 92 school districts in northeastern Oklahoma...

How to Stop the Sequester: Win the Next Election

Mark Trahant
April 01, 2013
A couple of weeks ago I was on Capitol Hill. In between meetings, I sat in the sun and watched tourists come and go...

U.S. Defense Department Restoring Tuition Assistance for Service Members in All Branches of Military

ICTMN Staff
March 27, 2013
Defense Department officials are looking at the recently signed continuing resolution that funds the government for the rest of the fiscal year to discern how the legislation affec...

Sequestration in Indian Country Getting National Attention

ICTMN Staff
March 21, 2013
Federal budget cuts currently being discussed as part of the sequester in Washington D.C. will have an effect on Indian country – mostly the Indian Health Service...

Dangerous Talk From the Capitol: Evidence That More Money Does Improve Indian Health

Mark Trahant
March 20, 2013
Idaho’s Rep. Mike Simpson, a Republican, asked a critical question Tuesday. It’s one rarely asked, let alone, answered. The question: Does more government money work?...

A Miscalculation on the Sequester Has Already Harmed Indian Health

Rob Capriccioso
March 11, 2013
The many ways the federal government’s sequester will hurt Indian country are easy to see...

Sequestration Hits Army and Marine Tuition Assistance

ICTMN Staff
March 09, 2013
As Terry Howell of MilitaryAdvantage.Military.com reports , earlier this week the Marine Corps moved to halt tuition assistance for new enrollees in response to the sequestration ...

This Year's Spending Bill Fight Quietly Moves to Senate

Mark Trahant
March 07, 2013
The House, as expected, passed the Continuing Resolution to fund government for the rest of the year. H.R. 933 now moves to the Senate for consideration...
Mark Trahant

Pennies on the Dollar? Sequester Will Close Schools, Cut Teachers and Shortchange Dreams

Over the weekend the Republican line on the sequester was honed to a simple idea: It’s only a couple of pennies, two-and-one-half cents out of every dollar. No big deal, right?...

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