Podcast: Children’s Insurance Program Sparks Divisions in Rescission Package

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Podcast: Children’s Insurance Program Sparks Divisions in Rescission Package

CQ Budget, Episode 60

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., right, and Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, conclude a news conference after the Republican Senate Policy luncheon in the Capitol on February 13, 2018. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Posted May 14, 2018 at 10:31am

CQ appropriations reporter Jennifer Shutt outlines the obstacles lawmakers could face in advancing the Trump administration’s proposal to claw back $15 billion from previously approved spending.

Show Notes:

Partisan Fight Over $15 Billion Rescissions Package Developing
Republicans Warming to $15 Billion Cuts Package

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