8)....When implementing the sequestration of direct spending pursuant to this paragraph, OMB shall follow the procedures specified in section 6 of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, the exemptions specified in section 255, and the special rules specified in section 256, except that the percentage reduction for the Medicare programs specified in section 256(d) shall not be more than 2 percent for a fiscal year.
9) ADJUSTMENT FOR MEDICARE.—If the percentage reduction for the Medicare programs would exceed 2 percent for a fiscal year in the absence of paragraph (8), OMB shall increase the reduction for all other discretionary appropriations and direct spending under paragraph (6) by a uniform percentage to a level sufficient to achieve the reduction required by paragraph (6) in the non-defense function.
When Congress can't use plain English to write a bill, and when even a law degree doesn't help in understanding it, it's not a good sign.
This bill is far too complicated to review and vote on in one day. I wonder how many in Congress understand the fine print as opposed to their party's talking points.
Pass in haste, repent at leisure. Didn't our liberal elected officials learn their lesson with the Patriot Act? Apparently not.