Podcast: Unexpected Spending Trips Appropriators

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Podcast: Unexpected Spending Trips Appropriators

CQ Budget, Episode 66

Senate Appropriations Chairman Richard Shelby, R-Ala., hopes to pass the first three fiscal 2019 spending bills this week. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Posted June 25, 2018 at 10:35am

The Senate hit some speed bumps in its push last week to pass a package of spending bills including how to pay for private health care for veterans, says CQ appropriations reporter Kellie Mejdrich.

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