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Political fallout over spending

CQ Budget, Episode No. 336

Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., struggled to pass a stopgap funding measure that alienated his party's right flank.
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., struggled to pass a stopgap funding measure that alienated his party's right flank. (Tom Williams/ CQ Roll Call)
By David Lerman and Aidan Quigley
Posted December 23, 2024 at 1:27pm

A funding package that averted a partial government shutdown left Republicans bitterly divided and chastened. CQ Roll Call’s Aidan Quigley and David Lerman examine the political fallout from a week of GOP infighting and what it means for President-elect Donald Trump’s ambitious agenda next year.

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