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Ep. 4: How Obamacare Could Lead Republicans to a Fiscal Train Wreck

Budget Tracker Extra

By Jane Norman, Paul M. Krawzak and Toula Vlahou
Posted February 13, 2017 at 10:45am

Various fiscal issues are piling up for Congress but remain unresolved, largely due to the GOP’s inability to agree on a roadmap to repealing Obamacare, says CQ Roll Call’s senior budget reporter Paul Krawzak. He explains how the Trump administration is approaching its first budget, but cautions that the end result might even be no budget at all.

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