All eyes are on the State of the Union. After tonight, the next mile marker is the Administration’s budget which will be released on February 6th. Then we
are off to the races. By February, Congress will be in full political mode and
back to work with whatever they are going to get done this year. We will see
sprouts of political strategy from both parties. These will impact spending
quite a bit.
I know it is going to be a hell of a year. I am ready for
it. I think it is going to take everyone in the network giving 110 percent.
Without that effort, it could be the most consequential year with a serious downside.
Congress is going to be cutting billions and tens of billions from domestic
spending. I hear Democrats saying they will go along with the cuts. There will
be a rush to make deep cuts. Just look at defense cuts. Domestic discretionary
is under attack. Congressional Research told me a week ago they consider CSBG
the most vulnerable program in the entire federal budget.
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