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The Trump Effect on Budgets, Big Bird and Rockets

Budget Tracker Extra, Episode 15

By Jane Norman and Jennifer Shutt
Posted May 1, 2017 at 1:04pm

President Donald Trump played a role in forcing Congress into passing a stopgap measure to keep the government funded for another week and lawmakers are bracing for his input in next year’s budget, says CQ Roll Call’s budget and appropriations reporter Jennifer Shutt. That could spell trouble for Big Bird. 

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