Senate Republicans Decide Against Having a Real Budget

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Time is running out for House-Senate agreement on a congressional budget resolution necessary to “unlock” a future budget-reconciliation bill, which is the only way to enact Donald Trump’s legislative agenda without any input from Democrats. So Senate Republicans, led by Budget Committee chairman Lindsey Graham, have made a fateful decision. They decided not to bother with a real budget, in the sense of one that would significantly restrain their future...