Claim: An ad from a fiscally conservative group makes a true but misleading claim that the sequester only amounts to "a 3 percent cut in federal spending." A majority of federal spending is exempt from the sequester cuts, so the parts that are not will be cut much more deeply than that. For example, defense spending  will be cut by 8 percent across the board, and nondefense discretionary spending will be cut by between 5 percent and 6 percent.
Fact-check: Underselling the Sequester Cuts - FactCheck.org
Verdict: an ad from a fiscally conservative group makes a true but misleading claim that the sequester only amounts to "a 3 percent cut in federal spending." a majority of federal spending is exempt from the sequester cuts, so the parts that are not will be cut much more deeply than that. for example, defense spending  will be cut by 8 percent across the board, and nondefense discretionary spending will be cut by between 5 percent and 6 percent.
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Robert Farley
Date published: 2013-03-05T22:40:13