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Year-end spending deal avoids government shutdown

CQ Budget, Ep. 137

From left, Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., Rep. Nita Lowey, D-N.Y., Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., and Rep. Kay Granger, R-Texas, (not pictured) emerge from a meeting in the Capitol to announce a spending deal. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
From left, Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., Rep. Nita Lowey, D-N.Y., Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., and Rep. Kay Granger, R-Texas, (not pictured) emerge from a meeting in the Capitol to announce a spending deal. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
By David Lerman, Evan Campbell and Peter Cohn
Posted December 17, 2019 at 1:31pm

With fiscal 2020 appropriations finally complete, CQ Roll Call’s budget and tax editor Peter Cohn explains what got funded, what it means, and what lies in store for next year.

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