Congress faces tough road to balanced budget

The Hill: The House and Senate budget committees are taking a cue from President Trump and gearing up to offer resolutions that would balance the federal budget over the course of a decade — but the road to a balanced budget could be harder than the president believes.

“I think it’s going to be really hard, and it should look hard because balancing the budget is hard. The Trump budget makes it look easy because they do it by stacking the deck,” said Marc Goldwein, Senior Vice President of the Committee for Responsible Budget.

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