Health care, border wall funding and legislation for Dreamers and an assortment of other issues are piling up and likely to complicate efforts for a year-end spending deal to avert a partial government shutdown, says CQ Budget reporter Jennifer Shutt.

Show Notes:

• Brady and Ryan Mulling Big Gamble on Key Tax Deduction
• Ryan Threatens to Keep Members in for Christmas to Finish Tax Overhaul

#TaxReform should be simple & clear → Take more money out of Washington’s pocket & put more in yours. @NBCNewsTHINKhttps://t.co/lVXXkJWtYX

— Leader McConnell (@SenateMajLdr) October 10, 2017

History shows tax cuts like these benefit the wealthy and the powerful to the exclusion of the middle class.
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— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) October 16, 2017