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Spending cuts standoff

CQ Budget, Episode No. 272

House Budget Chairman Jodey C. Arrington, center, says a Republican budget will be delayed as the party pushes for debt limit talks.
House Budget Chairman Jodey C. Arrington, center, says a Republican budget will be delayed as the party pushes for debt limit talks. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

President Joe Biden wants to see a Republican budget before resuming fiscal talks with Speaker Kevin McCarthy. But Republicans say their budget will be delayed as they urge negotiations over raising the debt limit. CQ Roll Call’s David Lerman, Lindsey McPherson and Aidan Quigley outline the debt limit standoff and a war of words between the parties over the impact of potential spending cuts.

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