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Budget Tracker Extra, Episode 39

UNITED STATES - MAY 23: Eric Ueland, Republican Staff Director for the Senate Budget Committee, hands out copies of President Trump's FY2018 Budget in Dirksen Building on May 23, 2017. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - MAY 23: Eric Ueland, Republican Staff Director for the Senate Budget Committee, hands out copies of President Trump's FY2018 Budget in Dirksen Building on May 23, 2017. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
By David Lerman and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted November 21, 2017 at 10:32am

CQ’s Paul M. Krawzak spells out the progress lawmakers are making on reaching a two-year budget deal that would most likely lift the 2011 budget caps.

Show Notes:  

.@TomColeOK04 on fiscal 2018 spending level: They think they are close and I think they are. I think we’ll probably hear about it when we get back.

Also, Cole is wearing a full tux to today’s vote.

 

 

 

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