Legislative Update
It’s been a busy week. First, Ways & Means Chair Paul Ryan yielded to a tremendous amount of peer pressure and agreed to run for Speaker. The Republican Conference vote to replace departing Speaker John Boehner is set for October 28th and appears to be all but decided.
And now Boehner made good on his promise to clear off a bunch of “must pass” items before he left, announcing last night a deal with the White House to 1) raise the debt limit through March of 2017, 2) increase the spending caps on defense and non-defense discretionary for 2016 and …
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