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Podcast: Fiscal 2019 Holds Same Old Problems

CQ Budget, Episode 53

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., secured a lot of Democratic priorities in the $1.3 trillion fiscal 2018 appropriations bill. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., secured a lot of Democratic priorities in the $1.3 trillion fiscal 2018 appropriations bill. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
By David Lerman and Jennifer Shutt
Posted March 26, 2018 at 10:53am

The fiscal 2018 omnibus is finally law. But, Congress is already prepping to take on the fiscal 2019 appropriations process. Despite optimism, meeting the Oct. 1 fiscal year deadline will be an uphill climb, says CQ appropriations reporter Jennifer Shutt.