Podcast: Top Appropriators Seek Hometown Cash as Shutdown Threat Nears

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Podcast: Top Appropriators Seek Hometown Cash as Shutdown Threat Nears

CQ Budget, Episode 52

Frelinghuysen wants a deal on fiscal 2018 spending caps before Dec. 22. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

By David Lerman, Kellie Mejdrich and Ryan McCrimmon

Posted March 19, 2018 at 11:10am

CQ appropriation reporters Kellie Mejdrich and Ryan McCrimmon explain how a committee chairmanship can pay off in more ways than one and why Republicans are once again talking about another round of tax cuts.

Roll Call

Show Notes:

Departing Appropriations Chairmen Set to Reap Omnibus Bounty

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