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Dems: Look, over there, a messy budget fight

By Laurie Kellman
Published September 11, 2013 8:53pm ET
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Dems: Look, over there, a messy budget fight
FILE - This July 31, 2013 file photo shows House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., center, accompanied by Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif., left, and Rep. Steve Israel, D-N.Y. speaking during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. The pressure off for now on Syria, Democrats are eager to return you to Washington’s regularly-scheduled gridlock. Pitched debates loom on budget and debt_never flattering endeavors that in the past have sunk the nation’s credit rating and Congress’ popularity. At least those debacles made both parties look bad, which to Democrats would be a welcome relief from President Barack Obama’s effort to strike Syria for a chemical weapons attack. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) | J. Scott Applewhite

WASHINGTON (AP) — The pressure off for now on Syria, Democrats are eager to return to Washington’s regularly scheduled gridlock.

Pitched debates loom on the government’s budget and its debt — never flattering endeavors that in recent years have sunk the nation’s credit rating and Congress’ popularity.

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