Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/political-checklist-sequestration Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Story NewsHour Political Editor Christina Bellantoni and Margaret Warner discuss the politics of the national debt, five months before automatic across-the-board cuts, known as sequestration, are set to reduce all discretionary spending by as much as 10 percent.