A bipartisan budget deal to avert another government shutdown comes
before the Senate this week. The vast majority of House members from
both parties approved the two-year budget agreement last week in a
332-to-94 vote. It is being hailed as a breakthrough compromise for
Democrats and Republicans. The bill eases across-the-board spending
cuts, replacing them with new airline fees and cuts to federal pensions.
In a concession by Democrats, it does not extend unemployment benefits
for 1.3 million people, which are set to expire this month. To discuss
the deal, we are joined by David Cay Johnston, an investigative reporter
who won a Pulitzer Prize while at The New York Times. He is currently a
columnist for Tax Analysts and Al Jazeera, as well as a contributing
editor at Newsweek.
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