The White House and its lawn. (Flickr Creative Commons)

The White House showed the public Sunday how the so-called sequester would affect every state in an effort to alarm the public, which has to this point largely ignored the issue. The sequester would lead to spending cuts that could greatly affect education and public health services in several states, according to The Washington Post.

The Washington, D.C., area would lose $29 million in elementary and high school funding, with about 2,000 low-income students losing opportunities for early education. The sequester would also mean 31,400 fewer HiV tests in the area, too.

The Kansas City Star detailed how the sequester, if passed on Friday, could take almost $12 million from Missouri schools and $5.5 million from Kansas schools, leading to dozens of teacher layoffs.

Republicans were willing to amend the deal to give the Obama administration more executive power over what programs would receive less government money, and the Democrats countered with other measures, but according to The Washington Post, "neither side expected the measures to get enough support to pass Congress."

The Republicans have questioned whether the sequester will be as damaging as the Obama administration claims it will be.

We'll see how it goes after Friday.

Read more of Neon Tommy's coverage of the sequester here.

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