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Automatic Cuts Would Have Big Impact in Utah

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While the debate over cutting spending in Washington might seem thousands of miles away, if Congress isn’t able to reach a deal on reducing the deficit this year, automatically-triggered cuts would have a very real impact here in the Beehive State. Every Friday, we talk with Thomas Burr, Washington Correspondent for the Salt Lake Tribune and author of Political Cornflakes, a daily, online round-up of Utah politics.

Salt Lake Tribune Washington Correspondent Thomas Burr

(KCPW News) While the debate over cutting spending in Washington might seem thousands of miles away, if Congress isn’t able to reach a deal on reducing the deficit this year, automatically-triggered cuts would have a very real impact here in the Beehive State. Every Friday, we talk with Thomas Burr, Washington Correspondent for the Salt Lake Tribune and author of Political Cornflakes, a daily, online round-up of Utah politics. KCPW’s Jeff Robinson asked him about a new report that details what the impact of the cuts would be on Utah and other states.

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