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CQ Budget Podcast, Episode 108

Rep. Nita Lowey, D-N.Y., chair of the House Appropriations Committee walks across the Capitol from the House side for a meeting with House and Senate appropriators in an effort to revive spending talks and avert a second shutdown on Monday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)
Rep. Nita Lowey, D-N.Y., chair of the House Appropriations Committee walks across the Capitol from the House side for a meeting with House and Senate appropriators in an effort to revive spending talks and avert a second shutdown on Monday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)
By Andrew Siddons, David Lerman and Doug Sword
Posted April 29, 2019 at 2:13pm

The writing of fiscal 2020 spending bills begins with the biggest nondefense measure, Labor-HHS-Education. CQ’s health care reporter Andrew Siddons previews the bill and the partisan fights it triggers, including on gun violence research. And CQ’s tax and finance reporter Doug Sword unpacks the new data on the future of Social Security.

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