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David Hawkings’ Whiteboard: Omnibus

By Thomas McKinless
Posted December 4, 2015 at 10:41pm

By Thomas McKinless

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CQ Roll Call Senior Editor David Hawkings explains Congress’ monster of a budget bill, the omnibus.

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