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CQ Future: COVID-19 aid

Incoming Senate Budget chairman Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., does an interview with MSNBC in the Russell Rotunda in Washington.
Incoming Senate Budget chairman Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., does an interview with MSNBC in the Russell Rotunda in Washington. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Democrats have a trick up their sleeve and are planning a budget blitz. CQ Roll Call’s Shawn Zeller speaks to budget reporter Paul Krawzak on how budget reconciliation can be used to pass a new COVID-19 aid package and how the change in precedent might affect both parties in the future.

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