•If Congress does not approve those cuts by late December, automatic across-the-board cuts go into effect, including cuts to Defense and Medicare.
Across the board including cuts but not limited to those programs.
Anyway. I want to hear more details about this provision. On the surface this one caught my eye as something worthwhile but they have a habit of creating loopholes that don't favor us.
Across the board cuts are stupid and damaging — other than also cutting important areas, it doesn’t make the government face the priorities, to cut fraud, waste and abuse and useless programs and departments.