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Sep 2023
1h 10m

The Budget Fight Is Coming Down To The W...

Josh Holmes, Comfortably Smug, Michael Duncan and John Ashbrook
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A small group of GOP holdouts in the house threaten to blow up the entire budget negotiating process, Sen. Daines is shaping a path to a senate majority for Republicans, Parker Thayer joins the Progrum to discuss shady dealings in Democrat dark money. 
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