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Once shutdown talks are done, a much bigger deal on defense spending awaits

By Travis J. Tritten
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Once shutdown talks are done, a much bigger deal on defense spending awaits

Lawmakers may be coming to an agreement to fund defense through September after a frenetic week of debate and negotiations, but any deal will only bring them out of the budgetary woods and into the political fire.

The appropriations work is a precursor to a bigger and almost certainly more difficult Capitol Hill debate, passing President Trump’s first full-year defense budget, that will play out over the coming months.

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Budgets and Deficits Department of Defense (Department of War) Donald Trump Government Shutdown John McCain Lindsey Graham Spending Travis J. Tritten