Congress faces the deadline this week—December 16—to pass a plan for government funding, when the short-term continuing resolution (CR) to fund the government will expire. The incoming House Republican majority for the next Congress has already signaled their willingness to once again use the debt ceiling to force harmful spending cuts, say EPI’s Dave Kamper and Samantha Sanders. The federal appropriations fight also has serious economic stakes for state and local governments. Read the blog post
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