Looks like there is a deal.

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so the commission would be tasked with cuts in entitlement spending but the automatic trigger wouldn't contain any? absurd.

it's amazing how democrats are now willing to cut just about any part of government - with a hatchet not a scapel, no less - to stop from having to make reforms on medicare or social security benefits.

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Well, too bad there is no taxes hike on the richer, but, at last, US government was forced to control its deficit.

No, it hasn't. The problem still exists. But I guess for those who want the government's entire budget to consist of paying out retirement checks, this is a first step.

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The 1.5T in triggered cuts for 2013 and the next decade, did they already lay out in the bill exactly where those cuts will come from in each department?

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why does anyone think congress will enact the trigger mechanism when it comes time and they haven't come up with a deal (which if experience is any guide, they won't)? they'll just vote to override it.