It started out that way, but took a left turn. Democrats in the Senate ended up with a watered-down version of pay-go: no first-year deficit-neutrality test; no deficit-neutrality test for the second 5 years--all about spending now, paying much later.
Discussing changes to the pay-go policy during Senate debate.
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