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Two-year Senate budget deal provides certainty and busts spending caps

Nancy Marshall-Genzer Feb 7, 2018
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Two-year Senate budget deal provides certainty and busts spending caps

Nancy Marshall-Genzer Feb 7, 2018
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Of course, the Senate deal has to be approved by the House and signed by President Donald Trump. But, assuming that happens, we wouldn’t have to worry about shutdowns or continuing resolutions until the end of fiscal 2019. So what then would a two-year spending plan mean for the federal government? 

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