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Senate budget battle likely as vote looms

Adriene Hill Oct 17, 2017
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Senate budget battle likely as vote looms

Adriene Hill Oct 17, 2017
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The Senate is expected to take up a budget framework this week. If it passes, the GOP will be one step closer to the tax overhaul it so desperately wants. President Donald Trump promised yesterday in a Rose Garden press conference with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell that the tax plan is on track. But the outcome of the pending budget vote is far from predictable.

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