“Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.” (September 17, 1960 - John F. Kennedy)

Congress returned to Washington this week with few expectations that the across-the-board sequester— canceling $85 billion in funding across the Federal Government for the seven months that remain in Fiscal Year 2013--will be imminently undone. The President’s order was mandated as part of the Budget Control Act of August 2011.