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With partisan rancor on Capitol Hill rising, Pentagon’s stable funding held hostage

By Jamie McIntyre
Published November 1, 2019 11:02am ET
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With partisan rancor on Capitol Hill rising, Pentagon’s stable funding held hostage
YOU CAN’T SPELL CRISIS WITHOUT ‘CR’: With the deadline to pass a measure that will fully fund the Pentagon less than three week away, the partisan divide over border wall funding and impeachment is threatening to derail efforts at reaching a compromise. Now, with the holidays approaching, there is talk of extending a temporary stopgap […]

YOU CAN’T SPELL CRISIS WITHOUT ‘CR’: With the deadline to pass a measure that will fully fund the Pentagon less than three week away, the partisan divide over border wall funding and impeachment is threatening to derail efforts at reaching a compromise.

Now, with the holidays approaching, there is talk of extending a temporary stopgap continuing resolution, or “CR” in Congressional parlance, until February, five months into the fiscal year.

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