(VIDEO) Keith Ellison Battles Fox's Sean Hannity over Sequestration

Sequestration was the issue as U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison (DFL-MN) made a feisty appearance on Fox News' Hannity program Tuesday, calling host Sean Hannity's introduction on the topic "yellow journalism."

See the full 9-minute intro and their exchange in the YouTube above.

As co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, Ellison has spoken out against the sequester budget cuts coming Friday:

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For Ellison, the Hannity tussle was perhaps his most combative on-air appearance since a late-campaign radio debate with Republican challenger Chris Fields at KFAI-FM in Minneapolis:

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