{"id":30387,"date":"2018-11-07T20:02:22","date_gmt":"2018-11-07T20:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2018\/11\/07\/post-election-analysts-still-predict-a-budget-deal\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:32:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:32:48","slug":"post-election-analysts-still-predict-a-budget-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/pentagon\/2018\/11\/07\/post-election-analysts-still-predict-a-budget-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Post election, analysts still predict a budget deal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 Tuesday\u2019s midterm elections<\/a> may have flipped the House to the Democrats and increased Republican control of the Senate, but the outcome\u2019s impact on a potential budget deal to avoid the return of sequestration will likely be limited, analysts predict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Byron Callan, an analyst with Capital Alpha Partners, wrote in a note to investors that a split Congress \u201csuggests a protracted battle will be waged over the FY20 DoD budget,\u201d although he calls it \u201cimprobable\u201d that Congress will not find a compromise solution to avoid the return of sequestration come January 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Analyst Roman Schweizer of Cowen Washington Research Group said the results do nothing to shake his belief that \u201canother two-year spending deal is likely and that it will not be a deficit-minded exercise in fiscal restraint.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t