The ruling stops well short of the almost automatic implementation of such deals that is common in continental Europe.

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The benefits are many: lower costs, easy implementation, automatic upgrades.

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Democrats are pushing to delay the automatic spending cuts for about a year, while the GOP is looking for implementation over the next 60 to 90 days.

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