Top Line Take Aways: · We have a deal! Improbable as it may seem, a Congress whose two chambers are separated by six votes and the White House came forward for a major bipartisan bill with major repercussions for federal spending. Will this kind of deal-making last? We doubt it. · The debt limit negotiations […]
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Top Line Take Aways: We are barreling toward a debt ceiling standoff with no realistic end in sight. Readers should not count on an extraordinary procedural process like a “Discharge Petition” to solve the problem, as we outline below. The House Calendar is getting tight with only twelve legislative weeks before programs and spending authority […]
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