PBS NewsHour

What the budget deal means for Americans

Clip: 12/19/2013 | 8m 57s

The bipartisan budget plan passed by Congress will avert another government shutdown, give the Pentagon some relief from automatic spending cuts and restore billions of dollars to domestic programs. Gwen Ifill talks to Lori Montgomery of The Washington Post about how most Americans will experience effects of the budget plan.

Aired: 12/19/13

Rating: NR

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