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CQ Budget Podcast, Episode 78

A little girl and a man look through the windows of the Capitol dome miniature model in the Capitol Visitors Center Monday afternoon Sept. 10, 2018. (Sarah Silbiger/CQ Roll Call)
A little girl and a man look through the windows of the Capitol dome miniature model in the Capitol Visitors Center Monday afternoon Sept. 10, 2018. (Sarah Silbiger/CQ Roll Call)
By Andrew Siddons, David Lerman and John M. Donnelly
Posted September 17, 2018 at 9:25am

House and Senate lawmakers made a deal to give the Pentagon a huge spending boost and defy President Donald Trump’s call to cut various health, education and labor programs. CQ Defense reporter John M. Donnelly and Health reporter Andrew Siddons unpack the mammoth spending package now making its way through Congress.

Show Notes:

First Three Fiscal 2019 Spending Bills Readied for Floor

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