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It’s the behind-the-scenes work of top legislative aides that makes the Capitol Hill machinery work, and that’s never truer than when lawmakers are trying to hash out spending bills as Congress and the White House will be focused on this fall and winter.

After initial decisions by Republican and Democratic clerks — the top staffers on the Appropriations subcommittees — full committee staff will step in to help work out any remaining issues. Leadership staff will be on hand to address the most intractable disagreements and questions about what legislation can ride with the spending bills, and to make sure the measures have enough votes to pass.

Top White House officials will be integral to the discussions as well. The effort will bring together budget war veterans as well as relative newcomers. The players will include appropriations experts and other staff who specialize in issues such as health care and taxes.

Among the key players:

Shalanda Young

Democratic staff director, House Appropriations Committee

The top aide to House Appropriations Chairwoman Nita M. Lowey of Ne

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