Sequestration: Is Our Budget System Broken? Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email Charles Schumer, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin, hold a news conference at the U.S Capitol on the eve of the budget sequester. ( Jewel Samad / AFP/Getty Images ) Produced by Jillian Weinberger Produced by PRI and WNYC