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SD Senator Mike Rounds; Federal Budget Work Lagging

SD Senator Mike Rounds; Federal Budget Work Lagging

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As Congress is looking for a deal on tax reform, members will also have to come up with a budget plan.
South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds says it sounds like they won’t get to the funding proposal until mid December……….

Rounds says they continue to put band aids on the problem…..

Rounds says he has been in the Senate for almost three years, and not much has changed….

There is the threat of a government shutdown if a funding compromise is not finalized before the adjournment date.

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