David Price actually said...

Our deficit is now 4.6 percent GDP. Our debt is 81 percent of GDP. Both our rising.

President Obama tried mightily; John Boehner too, but it just hasn't come together and doesn't seem likely to.

I guess I am registering the view that direct funding is not the total solution here.

The direct funding is important, and we have block grants, of course, like CDBG and HOME.