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October 18, 2013

Budget Committee Begins Talks on Long-Term Spending 
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National parks and memorials have reopened, and hundreds of thousands of
federal workers headed back to work Thursday following the end of a
16-day partial government shutdown. Lawmakers are now facing the next
potential standoff over long-term budget negotiations, with a deadline
of December 13 for the Budget Committee to report back to their House
and Senate colleagues on a potential deal. Committee leaders include
Republican Congressmember Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, who has pushed for
gutting Medicare and Medicaid. Another budget landmark comes in
mid-January when the next round of across-the-board spending cuts known
as sequestration are due to kick in.

 

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