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With just four days before a sweeping set of across-the-board budget cuts is slated to go into effect, the Obama administration is ramping up pressure on Congress to reach a deal for averting the so-called sequestration, which would carve out $1.2 trillion from defense and non-defense spending over the course of the next 10 years. But as the clock ticks toward the deadline with no apparent deal in sight, the White House Sunday night issued a dire memo about what, specifically, will go on the chopping block in the event that no deal is reached. The memo rounds up the administration s state-by-state calculation of exactly how much money will be slashed from education programs; military and defense spending; public health programs; law enforcement, and others over the course of the fiscal year if sequestration goes into effect. But as Mr. Obama pointed out in remarks this morning, not all of the cuts will be enacted immediately: Even after March 1 - the date they kick into action stanley cup - Congress can take action to negate their impact. Obama to governors: Help me get Congress to act on sequesterCongress digs in for se termo stanley quester battle -- againIn the meantime, however, here s a guide to what the projected cuts are according to the White House and where they ll be the steepest. The figures below represent cuts that will take place over the remainder of the fiscal year, which ends in September. Ed stanley cup ucationAccording to the White House, sequestration wo