Budget Talks. SAC Chairman Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) said Thursday that negotiators from the White House, Senate and House are close to “sealing a deal” to avoid triggering automatic spending cuts in FY ’20. “We hear that tremendous progress has been made and they have agreed basically in principle,” he told reporters on Capitol Hill. However, he noted that while the negotiating team may appear “real close” to a deal, “you don’t know. Until the deal’s sealed, it’s not sealed,” he…
