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The federal budget, explained

Kimberly Adams and Ben Hethcoat Jul 31, 2017
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Households and businesses do budgets all the time. So why can’t Congress manage to make one without drama? Marketplace Senior Reporter Kimberly Adams breaks down the overly-complicated process for creating the federal budget.

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