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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