奥巴马总统的赤字削减计划试图在十年内将联邦赤字削减超过3万亿美元。NPR新闻记者罗恩·埃尔文描述了该计划的细节、其在华盛顿的反响，及其可能的命运。
President Barack Obama's deficit-reduction plan seeks to reduce the federal deficit by more than $3 trillion over a decade. NPR's Ron Elving describes the details of the plan and the politics surrounding its reception — and its possible fate — in Washington.