[Marine_Uncle]

RE: "All this law does is impose the trigger based on specific conditions."
That is a good way of looking at it.

[sickoflibs]

RE: “All this law does is impose the trigger based on specific conditions.”....That is a good way of looking at it. “

In theory if in late 2012 this lame Duck House decides to debate the recommendations and add amendments to it and send that to the Senate (contrary to this bills requirements) the trigger cuts kicks in, but this trigger is just another delayed (conditional) budget law that was passed into law now. Nothing stops the House, Senate and POTUS to pass another law replacing the trigger at any time short political reality.