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Earlier today we had Doug Rice, Senior Policy Analyst on housing with the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities discussing the federal budget decisions that lie ahead of us, and what they could mean for affordable housing and homelessness.

Here is the video of the presentation:

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Here is Doug's powerpoint presentation: Federal Budget Decisions Ahead: What's at Stake, Douglas Rice

And as mentioned near the end of the call,the full list of sequestration exemptions is provided in the leg text: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/2/905

The list is also available in the appendix of this paper by CRS: http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42050.pdf

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