Chris McKenna is reporting at The Fray U.S. Rep. John Faso and other members of the so-called Problem Solvers Caucus sent a letter to the Congressional leadership last week to urge them to reach a long-term budget deal instead of a stopgap solution before the Dec. 8 deadline for a government shutdown. The 39 House members who signed the letter on November 29, suggested lifting the spending caps Congress imposed on itself in 2011 for at least two years to help the government fulfill its commitments on both domestic and military expenses. Faso, a Republican from Kinderhook, released the letter afterward, saying in a press release, “It will be impossible to get our nation’s spending under control until we have a budget that is crafted with long-term goals in mind and not just short-term fixes....” Read the full story at The Fray a HudsonValley [dot] com blog.