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Sep 2023
10m 17s

Funding Battles and a Bipartisan Solutio...

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We are 9 days away from September 30th... the day that Congress needs to pass a bill to fund the government... or else we shut down. Where do things stand? Boyd breaks down why Republicans are fighting as well as a bipartisan spending alternative being proposed by the Problem Solvers Caucus, of which Utah's very own Rep. John Curtis is a member. 

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