At the top are maintaining the flow of highway funding, easing automatic budget cuts to the Pentagon and domestic agencies, renewing tax breaks and raising the debt limit.
“We’re going to leave that fight till September, October, November, December,” said Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, referring to spending issues and raising the prospect of Christmas in the Capitol.
[...] Washington has a case of chronic dysfunction, meaning there’s the potential for policymakers to end up doing the bare minimum ... Читать дальше...