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Congress and Biden barrel toward fall showdown over Washington spending

By David Sivak
Published June 23, 2023 4:17am ET
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Congress and Biden barrel toward fall showdown over Washington spending
A $120 billion disagreement over federal spending threatens to send Washington hurtling toward a government shutdown later this year, even as lawmakers race to pass their annual appropriations bills. For a moment, it seemed as though Congress might avoid the kind of last-minute stalemates that have come to define the appropriations process. Lawmakers had pledged […]


A $120 billion disagreement over federal spending threatens to send Washington hurtling toward a government shutdown later this year, even as lawmakers race to pass their annual appropriations bills.

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