Summary
Now that Congress has, in imperfect form and only under threat of a shutdown, settled on a short-term measure to continue to fund the government, lawmakers soon can turn their attention to more important work the budget for 2012.
On the table so far are two options: one from President Barack Obama that nibbles around the edges of the countrys growing fiscal problems; the other from Rep. Paul Ryan, the Republican chairman of the House Budget Committee, that remakes government under the premise that government spending, especially on entitlement programs, must be slashed.See the full content of this document
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Of course, there is a third way, but to take it, lawmakers must show more discipline and willingness to work together ...
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