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CSIS Experts: Expect a Continuing Resolution to Begin Fiscal Year 2020

By Vivienne Machi

Thursday, January 31st, 2019

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CSIS Experts: Expect a Continuing Resolution to Begin Fiscal Year 2020

There is an overwhelming likelihood that the fiscal year 2020 budget cycle will launch with a continuing resolution, and the odds grow greater if the presidential budget release is delayed, analysts said Jan. 31. Speaking on a panel at the Washington, D.C.-based Center for Strategic and International Studies, in-house experts said despite the political ire drummed up against the current shutdown and short-term CR affecting the Department of Homeland Security, there is little hope that next year’s budget cycle will…

Congress

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Space

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Congress

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Pentagon

Hegseth Acknowledges Potential $200 Billion Iran Supplemental Request, Final Figure ‘Could Move’

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