Fiscal Cliff Aversion Will Bring Another Budget Fight

Fiscal Cliff Aversion Will Bring Another Budget Fight

With both the Senate and the House approving compromise fiscal cliff legislation yesterday, the budget battle moves a mere two months down the road. The new legislation does not include a debt ceiling hike and only puts off the planned spending sequester for two months.

So the new fiscal cliff date is approximately March 1, though that's not a hard date for the debt ceiling. There's also the matter of having an operating budget for the federal government, even in the form of a continuing resolution. The current continuing resolution runs out on March 27.

The budgeting fight is...