There are some alternatives if a grand budget compromise cannot be reached.

I don't know exactly where the budget compromises should come.

The budget compromise was made necessary by a problem not often recognized in classroom lectures on American government.

Both sides had long ago given up on creating a budget compromise before the end of the fiscal year, which begins Tuesday.

As part of the budget compromise, the city's allocation to the groups was cut by a total of $20 million.

There are many reasons to hope for a budget compromise, not least because it would demonstrate fiscal responsibility and might even help the economy.

It includes $7.6 billion of spending cuts agreed to in the budget compromise.

Now you cannot sign up to a budget compromise, because it is not the right deal for Britain.

That makes it essential for Congress to agree, with all urgency, on a new budget compromise.

There are better ways, well within the spirit of the budget compromise.