President Trump announced that Congress and the White House had reached a two-year budget deal after days of furious negotiating, The Hill reports.
“It’s a significant win for Mnuchin and Pelosi, who have spoken several times over the past two weeks as well as Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who took a back seat in the talks but has been pushing the White House to accept a two-year deal.”
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Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.
Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.
Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.
Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
Goddard is the owner of Goddard Media LLC.