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This Week in DC

President Joe Biden this week releases his first full budget, detailing both his short-term and long-term spending priorities, while he remains far apart from Senate Republicans on a deal around infrastructure spending.
 
Biden last month released an outline of his fiscal 2021 proposals for discretionary spending, those programs that are funded through the annual appropriations process as opposed to laws like the farm bill that authorize mandatory spending amounts.
 
The budget outline proposed a $3.8 billion increase for the Agriculture Department with a heavy emphasis on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and making farms and forests more resilient to climate change.
 
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