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Confederate statues, COVID-19, nuclear testing mark appropriations process

CQ Budget, Ep. 162

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., leaves a briefing in the Capitol Visitor Center.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., leaves a briefing in the Capitol Visitor Center. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
By David Lerman, Jennifer Shutt and Evan Campbell
Posted July 7, 2020 at 11:47am

House Democrats have unveiled fiscal 2021 spending bills that amount to an assault on the Trump administration’s agenda. CQ Roll Call’s David Lerman and Jennifer Shutt outline the likely partisan clashes looming in the election-year appropriations process and the next round of coronavirus relief.

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