With House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., set to release his fiscal 2012 budget proposal in the coming weeks, conservatives pushing for spending restraint will face a complex question.

Right now, the budget battle concerns the remaining six months of the fiscal 2011 budget, with the possibility of a government shutdown looming if no deal is struck by April 8. The Ryan plan will not only deal with the full 2012 fiscal year beginning in October, but will offer a budget outline for the next 10 years.

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