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Divided Democrats may forgo a budget resolution

CQ Budget Podcast, Episode 105

Democrats in the House may stall on a next step for President Donald Trump's 2020 budget proposal. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)
Democrats in the House may stall on a next step for President Donald Trump's 2020 budget proposal. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

The House Budget Committee may punt on a fiscal 2020 budget resolution to avoid exposing Democratic caucus fissures over tax and spending policy. But an effort to reach a deal to raise spending limits for the coming fiscal year could prove just as dicey, as Lindsey McPherson explains.

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