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Budget battle in the House

CQ Budget, Episode No. 348

Speaker Mike Johnson, arrives for a House Republican Conference meeting in the Capitol on April 1.
Speaker Mike Johnson, arrives for a House Republican Conference meeting in the Capitol on April 1. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Speaker Mike Johnson faces a rebellion within GOP ranks over a budget blueprint that squeaked through the Senate. CQ Roll Call’s Caitlin Reilly, Paul M. Krawzak and David Lerman assess the outlook for final adoption of a budget resolution and the big fights over Medicaid cuts and whether to pay for extending tax cuts — two key disputes that could trip up a GOP reconciliation bill.

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