Faster-moving budget talks met with shutdown threat

Unusually, the Senate is moving faster than the House this year on appropriations bills for 2019.

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Surprisingly, the Senate is moving faster than the House this year on appropriations bills for 2019. But now President Donald Trump’s border wall proposal has the White House threatening a showdown, and a shutdown. For the latest, congressional analyst David Hawkings of Roll Call joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin.

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