The Mark of the Sequester

A sequester is the mandatory cuts of federal programs that WERE supposed to take place on January 1,2013 at the time of the fiscal cliff. In the original plans of the sequester 5 percent in cuts were to come from non defense programs and  8 percent from defense programs. The sequester motion was pushed back to March 1. 2013 in hopes of avoiding the dreadful sequester in plans to reach an agreement with congress on spending cuts. Due to the lack of cohesiveness between congress and the president now the government face a big economic downturn with mandatory spending cuts across the board in the amount of 1.2 trillion dollars for this year. http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/03/01/forced-spending-cuts-begin-today/?hpt=hp_inthenews Many ask whats the big deal with the sequester? When the sequester motion was pushed back until March 1,2013 the congress could negotiate which programs were affected and cut to protect valuable interests such as head-start programs, airport security, transportation, and thing of that nature. With the lack of compromise the President has until 11:59 pm tonight to cut spending across the board which means although border security may be more important than developing another nuclear weapon since we have so many now all government programs must face spending cuts regardless of their importance. This will hurt government employees facing furloughs, airport security, head-start programs, down to capitol security. These programs are essential tot he maintenance of the country it affects not only the economy but our safety. Instead of losing 5 percent in non defense programs and 8 percent in defense programs the country now loses 9 percent in non defense programs and 13 percent in defense programs. The only silver lining to the sequester is that the military budget which takes a huge amount of the governmental budget finally gets reduced and that the president can implement roll backs in the sequester. This means that instead of all the money being taken at once it can be implemented at later dates in chance of congress reaching a deal to cut certain programs spending over others in the coming months saving funding for important programs and helping some people keep their jobs longer. This sequester is an extremely big deal because everyone is affected and citizen vote for their representatives to protect their jobs and to prevent things like this from happening. Congress dropped the ball on this issue and now many innocent children will suffer the ill effects of not starting their learning processes when they are younger when their minds are sponges and easily able to retain and grasp concepts. Families will lose income and jobs which is very ironic that many facing job loss are those whom work for the federal government in which you would think is the most secure of jobs in America.

Texas Legislative Black Caucus(The Secret to Lobbying)

In examining my future profession in law/lobbying I've finally grasped the concept of politics in motion at the Texas Legislative Black Caucus http://texaslegislativeblackcaucus.com/about/. Harold Lasswell defines politics of who gets what, when, and how. There are many ways to achieve goals which also leads to many paths onto how the goal was achieved. Lobbyist are the middle men, the persuasive geniuses, the influential persons that help many interest groups or community of persons achieve their wants. What was very surprising to me was I didn't know that congressman lobby on the behalves of persons, race, or a specific community. The shock factor was during my attendance at bi-annual black caucus many representaives of the districts of texas meet every two years to address the issues that affect the African American community in Texas. My confusion came because most interest groups are representative of all memebers of a certain community for instance the NRA with the gun owning and hunting commmunities. I thought only lobbyist lobby on the behalves of these groups not the state representatives as well. For instance with the NAACP, this organization fights injustices and addresses all issues and concerns of all colored people, so when attending the black caucus I was surprised to see the TLBC lobbying on the behalf of the African American community. Lobbying is a very powerful tool and can be very beneficial to many organization and communities. Being apart of a legislature helps not only protect your values and concerns but your neighbors as well. The cool thing is that anyone can be a lobbyist, when a constituent makes a hit viral video about the LGBT community to their state representative they are now lobbying. When Prairie View A&M university joined with Waller county for the March against the landfill with state representatives the university became lobbyist. Voting is a primary concern and issue that many Americans neglect while some hostile country's deny their citizens this privilege. State representatives now most focus all enegeries on constituentss as they now know the secret of these represenatatives. Many state representatives try to act as if the texas state congress acts as a single governing body and that outsode lobyist due all the bidding but your concerns,beleifs, and values are to be shared by your representative, after all that why you voted for them. No longer can citizens be denied privilege because your state representative represents your values, traditions, and beliefs. With this being said your representative influences legislation and helps your bills to be read on the floor. Who wants what, when,and how can now be solved by telling your representative what you want, when you need it, and how they should go about it or your vote wont be their come re-election. In public administration and legislative processes we always hear the theory's or are given a job description but nothing beats watching it in real time and learning firsthand.

The Texas Legislative Black Caucus is composed of 17 members of the Texas House of Representatives committed to addressing the issues African Americans face across the state of Texas. Rep. Sylvester Turner is Chairman of the Texas Legislative Black Caucus for the 82nd Session. State Senators Rodney Ellis and Royce West, the two members who comprise the Senate Legislative Black Caucus, are included in every Caucus initiative as well. - See more at: http://texaslegislativeblackcaucus.com/about/#sthash.I43syG9i.dpuf

The Texas Legislative Black Caucus is composed of 17 members of the Texas House of Representatives committed to addressing the issues African Americans face across the state of Texas. Rep. Sylvester Turner is Chairman of the Texas Legislative Black Caucus for the 82nd Session. State Senators Rodney Ellis and Royce West, the two members who comprise the Senate Legislative Black Caucus, are included in every Caucus initiative as well. - See more at: http://texaslegislativeblackcaucus.com/about/#sthash.I43syG9i.dpuf

The Texas Legislative Black Caucus is composed of 17 members of the Texas House of Representatives committed to addressing the issues African Americans face across the state of Texas. Rep. Sylvester Turner is Chairman of the Texas Legislative Black Caucus for the 82nd Session. State Senators Rodney Ellis and Royce West, the two members who comprise the Senate Legislative Black Caucus, are included in every Caucus initiative as well. - See more at: http://texaslegislativeblackcaucus.com/about/#sthash.I43syG9i.dpuf

The Texas Legislative Black Caucus is composed of 17 members of the Texas House of Representatives committed to addressing the issues African Americans face across the state of Texas. Rep. Sylvester Turner is Chairman of the Texas Legislative Black Caucus for the 82nd Session. State Senators Rodney Ellis and Royce West, the two members who comprise the Senate Legislative Black Caucus, are included in every Caucus initiative as well. - See more at: http://texaslegislativeblackcaucus.com/about/#sthash.I43syG9i.dpuf