U.S. Budget Deal Heads for Passage by Limiting Scope
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A U.S. budget accord is on track to win passage in Congress largely because its most important accomplishment is pushing off automatic spending cuts that neither party likes.
The two-year deal sidesteps lawmaker protests by not touching entitlement programs Democrats want to protect or the corporate tax breaks Republicans favor. It doesn’t raise the debt ceiling, setting up a potential showdown after February.