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Dissecting Biden’s budget

CQ Budget, Episode No. 270

President Joe Biden has called for tax hikes on upper-income households to shore up Medicare and help reduce projected deficits.
President Joe Biden has called for tax hikes on upper-income households to shore up Medicare and help reduce projected deficits. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

President Joe Biden unveiled a fiscal 2024 budget blueprint that Republicans have promised to oppose. CQ Roll Call’s David Lerman, Peter Cohn and Aidan Quigley outline the tax and spending proposals and how they will influence this year’s battles over appropriations, taxes and the debt limit.

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