The American Prospect
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The parties are $70 billion apart on discretionary spending, though it’s unclear whether that means over ten years or just in the first year.
After that there will be a cap of just 1 percent increases, magnifying whatever cuts happen over the life of the deal.
The inevitable result of this hostage crisis is likely to be a deeply unsatisfying bundle of concessions.
Congress can't reckon with the cuts they bind themselves to in a debt ceiling deal? That’s where a new innovation comes in: the “automatic CR” CR stands for continuing resolution.
Under this deal, the cuts will go through whether they pass a bill, and have to go on the record on specific trims.
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