One possible outcome: a tougher paygo law, combined with a budget commission set up by the White House.
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From a funding standpoint it's not clear why we need an infrastructure bank, especially a paygo infrastructure bank.
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The House of Representatives has passed a paygo law twice already and is expected to sign off on the Senate's version this coming week.
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The Senate voted along party lines last week to give paygo rules the force of law, which would make it tougher to set them aside.
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The other approach, known as "paygo," would require new spending programs to be offset elsewhere in the budget, to avoid adding further to the deficit.