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Congress punts on big issues

CQ Budget, Episode No. 404

Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins, R-Maine, at right, and ranking Democrat Patty Murray of Washington have been unable to approve spending bills in committee this year.
Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins, R-Maine, at right, and ranking Democrat Patty Murray of Washington have been unable to approve spending bills in committee this year. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Congress avoided a shutdown fight until December, but passed on several sticky problems it will need to address after Election Day. CQ Roll Call Editor in Chief Jason Dick and CQ Roll Call Budget Editor David Lerman outline the major fights looming in November in a very special Political Theater and CQ Budget podcast collaboration.

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