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Partisan fiscal clash resumes

CQ Budget, Ep. 237

Shalanda Young, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, discusses President Joe Biden’s fiscal year 2023 budget at a House Budget Committee hearing on March 29, 2022.
Shalanda Young, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, discusses President Joe Biden’s fiscal year 2023 budget at a House Budget Committee hearing on March 29, 2022. (Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Pool)
By David Lerman and Peter Cohn
Posted April 1, 2022 at 12:49pm

President Joe Biden’s budget request for the coming fiscal year sets the stage for a replay of the partisan struggle over defense and nondefense spending levels that delayed current year appropriations for months. CQ Roll Call’s David Lerman and Peter Cohn outline the key elements of the president’s budget and assess the state of play on a new pandemic relief package and a response to high gasoline prices.

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