claim: "if lawmakers fail to avert the fiscal cliff, 18 percent of the federal money that is sent to the states will be eliminated."
author: the campaign to fix the debt
evidence_1: aug 15, 2016 ... years of cuts in state funding for public colleges and universities have ... the  average state is spending $1,598, or 18 percent, less per ... sufficient public  investment can only occur, however, if policymakers make sound tax and ..... as  tuition soared after the recession, federal financial aid also increased.
evidence_2: "if lawmakers fail to avert the fiscal cliff, 18 percent of the federal money that is  sent to the states will be eliminated." — politifact wisconsin on thursday, ...
evidence_3: dec 19, 2017 ... 18) to avoid a billion-dollar-plus state budget gap next year when the state's ...  louisiana's sales tax will automatically go from 5 percent to 4 percent ... came up  for a vote because they had so little support among lawmakers. ... the amount of  money households could receive from excess federal itemized ...
evidence_4: "if lawmakers fail to avert the fiscal cliff, 18 percent of the federal money that is  sent to the states will be eliminated." — politifact wisconsin on thursday, ...
evidence_5: the united states fiscal cliff was a situation that took place in january 2013 when  several ... discretionary spending for federal agencies and cabinet departments  would ... atra eliminated much of the fiscal cliff's tax side while the reduction in  ..... and percentage increase in income taxes for the 2013 tax year, if the fiscal cliff  ...