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CQ Budget, Episode No. 299

Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, a leader of the rebellious Freedom Caucus, helped derail fiscal 2024 spending bills amid a battle over funding levels.
Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, a leader of the rebellious Freedom Caucus, helped derail fiscal 2024 spending bills amid a battle over funding levels. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
By David Lerman, Aidan Quigley and Peter Cohn
Posted November 17, 2023 at 3:22pm

Lawmakers averted a shutdown as they left town for Thanksgiving but left a mountain of unfinished business. CQ Roll Call’s David Lerman, Aidan Quigley and Peter Cohn outline what is needed to salvage fiscal 2024 appropriations and an emergency spending package for Israel, Ukraine and more.

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