Schumer placed his hopes in resumption of bipartisan negotiations between Senate health committee chairman Lamar Alexander (R - Tenn.) (newsday.com)
But Republican leaders say that it took a veto by Malloy in September and then extensive bipartisan negotiations for them to get an agreement on a constitutional spending cap on expenses and a bonding cap on construction projects as part of the final budget deal. (courant.com)
But the overarching questions here are will Ryan build support for the broad domestic spending reform plan he covets, and will there be room for bipartisan negotiation in moving it? (chronicleofsocialchange.org)