This isn't rocket science

"Amid the doom and gloom over looming budget cuts, some are starting to see a silver lining.
The government might finally be forced to cut the waste, fiscal hawks say, and officials are already beginning to do away with some of the costly trappings of their office. On Thursday, the White House even suggested agency heads cut back on conference spending, a target of congressional ridicule for years."

It doesn't take a brain surgeon to see that Congress and the Executive Branch were never going to cut back spending, and neither party is going truly to cut back spending, unless forced to do so.