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Crunch time for topline funding deal, supplemental

CQ Budget, Episode No. 301

Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is taking a hard line on fiscal 2024 spending limits that makes a topline deal elusive.
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is taking a hard line on fiscal 2024 spending limits that makes a topline deal elusive. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
By Peter Cohn and Aidan Quigley
Posted December 8, 2023 at 2:34pm

House Republicans are digging in for a fight over fiscal 2024 spending levels that Democrats in both chambers and many GOP senators thought were settled months ago, while an emergency war funding package remains in limbo. CQ Roll Call’s Peter Cohn and Aidan Quigley discuss the stakes for lawmakers as they prepare to head for the exits with the holiday season approaching.

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