WASHINGTON: House Armed Services Committee chairman Buck McKeon seethed with frustration at Senate Democrats today when asked about Senate Armed Services chairman Carl Levin‘s proposals for a “grand compromise” to avert sequestration.

McKeon doubted any kind of grand bargain could happen this year, before or after the election, and said that the best plausible scenario is just to delay sequestration for a year — something Congress should go ahead and vote on now, to spare the country months of misery. Keep reading →