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Proposed Two-Year Budget Deal Banishes Sequester Threat, But Investments Could Suffer in 2021

Proposed Two-Year Budget Deal Banishes Sequester Threat, But Investments Could Suffer in 2021
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As lawmakers on Capitol Hill largely laud a proposed agreement between the White House and House Democratic leaders that would eliminate the threat of sequestration and lift the debt ceiling for two years, analysts wondered if defense-related procurement funding may suffer under efforts to reach a bipartisan compromise. H.R. 3877, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019, includes $738 billion under the “050” account for Defense Department and defense-related Energy Department funds in FY ’20, and $741.5 billion in FY ’21.…

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