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House spending push

CQ Budget, Episode No. 400

Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., will have to convince restive conservatives to back a budget resolution and a continuing resolution.
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., will have to convince restive conservatives to back a budget resolution and a continuing resolution. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is trying this week to adopt a budget resolution and pass the annual defense authorization bill and stopgap spending measure. CQ Roll Call’s Aris Folley and Jacob Fulton join guest host Aidan Quigley to discuss the prospects of the continuing resolution and the budget resolution in the House’s final week before August recess.

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