claim: the sequester has "already lost 1.6 million jobs."
author: harry reid
evidence_1: aug 14, 2015 ... earned four pinocchios for claiming that the sequester had already cut 1.6  million jobs. there seems to ... the facts. first of all, note that the sanders'  statement says that “as many as” 1.4 million jobs would be lost. ... glenn kessler  has reported on domestic and foreign policy for more than three decades.
evidence_2: including not only the unemployed counted by official jobs reports, but also the  eight million part-time ... but the sequester is only the latest incarnation of a  philosophy of economic austerity that threatens to turn our ... already have jobs. 17 after losing nearly 8.8 million jobs during the downturn, private sector  employment.
evidence_3: feb 24, 2011 ... “we have learned that the sequestration already has cut 1.6 million jobs. so we  need job creation. we need to help the middle class by creating jobs.” — senate  majority leader harry reid (d-nev.), floor speech, july 31, 2013. reid's  comment jumped out at us — 1.6 million jobs have already been lost ...
evidence_4: at a time when the unemployment rate is still above 8 percent, 1.6 million fewer  adults, dislocated workers, and at- risk youth would receive job training,  education, and employment services. and the ..... it's also important to note that  even without sequestration, domestic discretionary spending has already been  declining.
evidence_5: million jobs lost between 2007 and 2010. with the gain in 2015, total payroll jobs  in the u.s. of. 141,865,000 are almost 3.9 million jobs above the previous peak  totals in 2007 (137,999,000). • the recovery from the great recession (which  lasted from december 2007 to june 2009) has varied across the u.s. with 16  states ...