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Threat of budget disaster rises amid discord in both parties https://politi.co/2NxWBKH

"The Trump administration has taken a fallback position of one year of funding at current levels to avoid a shutdown and the blunt budget cuts of a sequester that would slash defense spending by $71 billion and domestic spending by $55 billion."

That's not enough slashing. A Debt Ceiling crisis plus an Appropriations Lapse crisis and a Sequestration crisis will all be happening in September. Buy popcorn!