The new budget conference committee has been written off as dead on arrival by most people before it even starts work. Given the dysfunctional state of Congress and the failure of the deficit reduction super-committee in 2011, that scepticism is understandable. We agree that any sort of grand bargain budget deal is well out of reach, but we wouldn't rule out the possibility of a smaller deal.
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