CNN New Day December 11, 2013 11:04:00
Me. what are the main points? >> good morning, john. this wou be a two-year deal. it would avoid another government shutdown, because it would reach a deal before the mid-january expiration of the current deal. it would raise spending to just over $1 trillion, that splits the difference between the smaller budget that house republicans wanted and the bigger budget that senate this deal would not raise taxes. but what it would do is eliminate some of the forced spending cuts, $63 billion in across the board spending cuts. it means it would restore funding to areas like defense, education, infra...