Harkin: Automatic budget cuts would lead to injuries, deaths

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Washington - If Congress fails to enact a plan to reduce the national debt, automatic across-the-board budget cuts would lead to more workplace deaths and injuries, warns a recent report from a senior Senate Democrat. As part of a complicated agreement reached late last year between the Republican-controlled House and the Democrat-controlled Senate, the Budget Control Act (S. 365) requires Congress to approve a deficit reduction plan. Failure to do so will trigger automatic budget cuts affecting every facet of federal government.