I hadn’t noticed this bit about the debt-ceiling deal before:

swampland.time.com

And just to ensure we don’t have another bruising government shutdown fight over cuts in September, the deal deems and passes the 2012 budget.

Whoever made sure that was in the package — good work. Without the threat of another gov’t shutdown hanging over everyone’s heads it should be much easier to hold to the promise of vetoing any extension of the 2001/2003 tax cuts, which will encourage the joint-congressional committee to take them off the table with broad tax reform.