About this episode
On Thursday, Congress passed a stopgap bill to fund the government for an extra week to avoid a shutdown, and to give them more time to agree on a full-year budget for 2023 when the GOP takes control of the House. On Today's Show: Emily Cochrane , reporter in the Washington bureau of The New York Times , covering Congress, brings us her latest reporting about Congress's spending bills, and Eric Toder , Institute Fellow at the Tax Policy Center, explains the federal budget process, and the latest deal passed by Congress, which averts a shutdown for a week to give lawmakers more time to agree on a full-year budget.