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Podcast: Congress’ Many Hurdles to a Budget Plan

Budget Tracker Extra, Episode 24

By Jane Norman and David Lerman
Posted July 10, 2017 at 10:52am

The health care debate has taken up valuable time and lawmakers don’t appear to be any closer to a resolution, which means efforts to craft a fiscal 2018 budget plan before the August recess are running into an assortment of obstacles, says CQ Budget Tracker editor, David Lerman.

 

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