1.   Budget ceilings will not solve the special-education problem.

2.   Congress refused to lift the budget ceiling or rescind the budget cuts.

3.   If the budget ceilings Congress has invented are too severe to adequately finance core government functions, plainly those caps need to be rethought.

4.   Instead, both parties and the White House should admit the obvious and revise the budget ceilings.

5.   Military spending cannot be raised, taxes cannot be cut and arbitrary budget ceilings cannot be imposed without eviscerating domestic programs desired by the public.

6.   That package sets budget ceilings for Pentagon programs, while the House and Senate Appropriations committees set aside money to fund them.

7.   The budget ceilings that were worked out behind closed doors and announced on Wednesday are unreachably low.

8.   The extra money, if approved, would be available by emergency designation, which means it would not count against budget ceilings.

9.   The requirements include limits on inflation, long-term interest rates and exchange-rate fluctuations, as well as the budget deficit ceiling.

10.   It proposes to enhance and develop the products, enabling content developers and providers to meet both deadlines and budget ceilings.