 If that doesn't happen, the increase would start in January. The delay is part of an agreement to close an estimated $46.8 billion budget deficit this year. Lawmakers will likely vote on the budget proposal next week. John Scott reporting. Well, a judge has acquitted 28 people accused of money laundering in an international case known as the Panama Papers. Among those acquitted, Jurgen Mossack, the co-founder of a law firm,