6 things missing from the budget agreement

December 12, 2013 at 11:48 AM
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The budget deal reached by Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., has been praised as an achievement and criticized for what it isn't — a 'grand bargain.' So, what does the agreement leave out? It's missing the unemployment insurance extension Democrats wanted, extension on more than 60 tax provisions set to expire Dec. 31, entitlement reform, postal savings and a solution to the regular threat that Medicare will cut reimbursements to physicians.