President Obama sings Jan. 19, 2012, before speaking at a campaign event ... more >And a budget may not pass this year either.
Overall spending levels for 2011 and 2012 already were set in the debt deal Mr. Obama and Mr. Boehner agreed to last summer, meaning the toughest job of setting an overall discretionary spending ceiling already has been done.
• Stephen Dinan contributed to this report
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