Budget Agreement Is Already Out of Date

• By Stan Collender
• Roll Call Contributing Writer
• Sept. 6, 2011, Midnight

Events in the past month point out yet again what policymakers and those who observe them always seem to forget: All budget deals and agreements, indeed all federal budgets, basically are only good until what should now be the accepted definition of “long term” when it comes to federal policymaking — lunchtime tomorrow.