Suspending The Rules

The House this week is scheduled to vote on a bill to raise the statutory spending caps for two years. On this episode of "Suspending the Rules" from Bloomberg Government, budget and appropriations reporter Jack Fitzpatrick and legislative analyst Michael Smallberg break down the state of play in the fiscal 2020 budget debate. With Tax Day just around the corner, House leaders have also teed up a vote on a tax administration bill, while Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal (D-Mass.) has formally requested President Donald Trump's tax returns from the Treasury Department. In the second segment, BGOV legislative analyst Sarah Babbage and Bloomberg News reporter Laura Davison discuss the tax agenda in the House. Contact the BGOV podcast team at BGOVpodcast@bgov.com. Hosts: Adam M. Taylor, Danielle Parnass.Engineer: Nico Anzalotta.