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Ep. 32: Trump Request Complicates Government Funding

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By Toula Vlahou, Jane Norman and Adriel Bettelheim
Posted November 28, 2016 at 10:36am

Lawmakers have until Dec. 9 to pass a stopgap spending bill to keep the government running until President-elect Donald Trump is sworn in. But Trump has asked that the temporary spending bill be extended to March 31, a delay that would keep government funding at current levels. That would, among other things, constrain the Pentagon, explain CQ Roll Call’s Budget and Economics Editor Jane Norman and Managing Editor Adriel Bettelheim. Listen to find out more.

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