Tax reporter Doug Sword sits down with guest host Jennifer Shutt to explain why Congress added so many tax bills to a massive spending package and what exactly those provisions will mean during the upcoming year. CQ Budget delves into what didn’t make it into the package and predicts how far those provisions will advance in 2020.

Show Notes: 

• Year-end spending deal avoids government shutdown
• Lawmakers appear eager to reach year-end spending deal
• The outlook for a year-end tax bill
• Congress barreling toward agreement on stopgap funding measure, avoiding a shutdown before holiday