Week 7 Update--2/27/26

About this episode

This episode discusses the recent passage of proposed operating budgets by the House and Senate and the ongoing negotiations between the chambers.

This week, both the House and Senate passed their proposed operating budgets. We are now entering negotiations between the chambers. Both proposals continue operating within an ongoing imbalance between spending and revenue. That gap does not resolve on its own.

Topics covered

• government
• budgeting
• legislation
• politics
• negotiation

Keywords

• operating budgets
• House
• Senate
• negotiations
• spending
• revenue
• imbalance

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