CQ Budget

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CQ Roll Call’s budget tracker David Lerman explains how lawmakers in Congress spend the nation’s money.

Episode Date
Defense spending uptick
Dec 08, 2025
Two months to go
Dec 01, 2025
Appropriations back on track?
Nov 17, 2025
Politics of a shutdown
Nov 10, 2025
Shutdown pressures on the rise
Nov 03, 2025
Shutdown pain growing as November nears
Oct 27, 2025
'Power of the purse' at stake
Oct 20, 2025
Shutdown stalemate
Oct 14, 2025
Trapped in a shutdown
Oct 06, 2025
Health subsidies standoff
Sep 22, 2025
Search for an end game
Sep 08, 2025
'Pocket rescission' showdown
Sep 02, 2025
Rough-and-tumble September
Aug 04, 2025
Politics of appropriations
Jul 28, 2025
Big test on rescissions
Jul 14, 2025
Political fallout of 'big, beautiful bill'
Jul 07, 2025
'Beautiful' bill picked apart
Jun 23, 2025
Medicaid and 'SALT' divide GOP
Jun 17, 2025
'Big, beautiful' bill on the line
Jun 09, 2025
Reconciliation headaches in Senate
Jun 02, 2025
'Big, beautiful' bill heads to Senate
May 23, 2025
Medicaid cuts in play
May 12, 2025
Trump's budget ax
May 05, 2025
Budget promises put to the test
Apr 14, 2025
Budget battle in the House
Apr 07, 2025
Tough climate for appropriations
Mar 28, 2025
Spending bill's political fallout
Mar 18, 2025
Leadership test on spending
Mar 10, 2025
Stopgap spending decision time
Mar 03, 2025
Pivotal test for House budget
Feb 24, 2025
Budget reconciliation pressures mount
Feb 19, 2025
Budget reconciliation stalls
Feb 10, 2025
House GOP in a quandary
Feb 03, 2025
Funding freeze turmoil
Jan 28, 2025
Budget reconciliation 'horse race'
Jan 17, 2025
GOP's fragile majority
Jan 06, 2025
Political fallout over spending
Dec 23, 2024
Big tax-cut and spending agenda
Dec 09, 2024
The meaning of DOGE
Dec 02, 2024
Disaster aid scrubbing
Nov 22, 2024
Funding strategy unresolved
Nov 12, 2024
Post-election end game
Sep 30, 2024
Finish line in sight
Sep 23, 2024
Long wait for a funding plan
Sep 16, 2024
Politics of stopgap spending
Sep 09, 2024
Spending bill punts
Jul 29, 2024
Appropriations derailed
Jul 22, 2024
GOP's political edge
Jul 08, 2024
Law enforcement funding battle
Jul 01, 2024
Border security and foreign aid fights
Jun 24, 2024
Spending caps in peril
Jun 17, 2024
Defense spending schism
Jun 10, 2024
Appropriations sprint begins
Jun 03, 2024
Food stamps fight
May 28, 2024
Funding allocations trouble
May 20, 2024
Weapons freeze backlash
May 13, 2024
Aviation bill dogfight
May 06, 2024
Earmarks culture war
Apr 29, 2024
Politics of Ukraine aid
Apr 22, 2024
Johnson's conundrum
Apr 15, 2024
Tumultuous appropriations cycle
Mar 29, 2024
Biden's budget dissected
Mar 25, 2024
Dueling claims on new spending package
Mar 04, 2024
Appropriations impasse
Feb 26, 2024
War funding makes headway
Feb 12, 2024
Border-war aid package on tortured path
Feb 05, 2024
Appropriations breakthrough and tax bill uncertainty
Jan 29, 2024
Prospects for tax and border deals
Jan 22, 2024
Under the gun
Jan 16, 2024
Familiar spending deal
Jan 08, 2024
Showdown on the border
Dec 15, 2023
Crunch time for topline funding deal, supplemental
Dec 08, 2023
Hard slog on war funds and appropriations
Dec 01, 2023
Stormy talks ahead
Nov 17, 2023
Showdown week for stopgap funding
Nov 13, 2023
Funding mess ahead
Nov 06, 2023
New speaker's agenda
Oct 27, 2023
Scramble for speakership
Oct 23, 2023
Race for the gavel
Oct 16, 2023
Bipartisan truce
Oct 02, 2023
Stopgap funding troubles
Sep 22, 2023
Appropriations on the skids
Sep 15, 2023
Emergency spending clash
Sep 08, 2023
Spending battle preview
Jul 28, 2023
Divergent spending paths
Jul 21, 2023
Appropriations collision course
Jul 14, 2023
Defense budget uncertainty
Jun 30, 2023
Spending allocations clash
Jun 23, 2023
Partisan clash on spending and taxes
Jun 16, 2023
Conservatives revolt
Jun 09, 2023
Debt limit deal examined
Jun 02, 2023
Debt limit deal explained
May 30, 2023
Spending caps struggle
May 22, 2023
Debt limit drama
May 15, 2023
Presidential engagement
May 05, 2023
Search for debt limit compromise
Apr 28, 2023
Test of unity
Apr 21, 2023
The politics of raising the debt limit
Apr 14, 2023
IRS funding in crosshairs
Apr 07, 2023
Debt limit pressure tactics
Mar 31, 2023
Spending cuts standoff
Mar 24, 2023
GOP's budget attack
Mar 17, 2023
Dissecting Biden's budget
Mar 10, 2023
Preparing for budget release
Mar 03, 2023
The politics of Medicare funding
Feb 24, 2023
Gloomy fiscal forecast
Feb 17, 2023
Battle lines drawn
Feb 10, 2023
Appropriations power shifts
Feb 03, 2023
CQ Budget: Debt limit strategy
Jan 27, 2023
Two fiscal brawls ahead
Jan 20, 2023
Fiscal train wreck ahead?
Jan 13, 2023
Next year's fiscal outlook
Dec 27, 2022
Omnibus showdown
Dec 16, 2022
Political Theater: ‘The Corridors of Power’ shows how genocide goes through the policy calculus
Dec 12, 2022
Omnibus Spending Talks Heat Up
Dec 02, 2022
Lame-duck fiscal agenda
Nov 17, 2022
Stopgap funding finale
Oct 03, 2022
Final countdown
Sep 23, 2022
Spending talks morass
Sep 16, 2022
Obstacles to stopgap funding
Sep 09, 2022
A win for Democrats
Aug 18, 2022
Democrats unite
Aug 05, 2022
Joe Manchin's 180
Jul 29, 2022
Microchips and drug pricing
Jul 22, 2022
`Build Back Better' unravels
Jul 15, 2022
Crunch time for Democratic agenda
Jul 08, 2022
Military budget set to swell
Jun 24, 2022
Defense spending battle lines
Jun 17, 2022
Appropriations kickoff
Jun 10, 2022
UFO's in budget projections
May 27, 2022
Pandemic aid derailment
May 20, 2022
Senate fumble on Ukraine aid
May 13, 2022
Aid package puzzle
May 06, 2022
Aid quandary for Congress
Apr 29, 2022
Unfinished fiscal agenda
Apr 15, 2022
Pandemic aid package derailed
Apr 08, 2022
Partisan fiscal clash resumes
Apr 01, 2022
What to expect in the Biden administration budget
Mar 25, 2022
Tax breaks percolating
Mar 18, 2022
Omnibus spending deal done
Mar 11, 2022
Countdown to a spending deal
Mar 04, 2022
What's happening with infrastructure spending?
Feb 11, 2022
Two weeks and counting
Feb 04, 2022
Budget priorities clash in coming months
Jan 28, 2022
Getting something done
Jan 21, 2022
Movement on the appropriations process?
Jan 14, 2022
New year’s outlook for reconciliation package and appropriations
Jan 07, 2022
Democrats look to new year to pass tax and spending package
Dec 17, 2021
Senate clears procedural debt limit measure
Dec 10, 2021
So much to do, so little time
Dec 03, 2021
At last, House passes massive reconciliation package
Nov 19, 2021
Will the reconciliation bill pass soon?
Nov 12, 2021
Reconciliation at risk
Nov 05, 2021
The skinny on the stripped down reconciliation framework
Oct 29, 2021
What's the meaning of compromise?
Oct 22, 2021
What’s next for the reconciliation bill?
Oct 15, 2021
Debt limit crisis averted, for now
Oct 08, 2021
President Biden's domestic agenda at stake
Oct 01, 2021
Stopgap funding faces uncertainty in the Senate
Sep 24, 2021
Where things stand on reconciliation
Sep 17, 2021
Uncertainty surrounds budget resolution for as it heads to House
Aug 13, 2021
Playing chicken with the debt limit
Aug 06, 2021
Senate infrastructure deal secured
Jul 30, 2021
First appropriations bills head to House floor
Jul 23, 2021
Budget reconciliation package outline set at $3.5 trillion
Jul 16, 2021
What awaits Congress before summer recess
Jul 09, 2021
Bipartisan infrastructure plan reached
Jun 25, 2021
Democrats go big with new spending proposal
Jun 18, 2021
Spending season begins with uncertainty
Jun 11, 2021
Appropriators prepare for abortion funding fight
Jun 04, 2021
Looking ahead at a busy appropriations season
May 21, 2021
Infrastructure week, again
May 14, 2021
Budget season preview
May 07, 2021
Biden goes even bigger on spending
Apr 30, 2021
Senate Republicans push for $568 billion counteroffer on infrastructure
Apr 23, 2021
Democrats torn over strategy for passing $2T infrastructure plan
Apr 16, 2021
Boosting domestic spending
Apr 09, 2021
Why a $2 trillion infrastructure plan is a heavy lift
Apr 02, 2021
White House set to unveil budget framework
Mar 26, 2021
The return of earmarks in Congress
Mar 19, 2021
House to vote on Senate-amended coronavirus bill
Mar 09, 2021
Senate to take up $1.9 trillion aid bill
Mar 02, 2021
Tanden in hot water over confirmation
Feb 23, 2021
Teeing up COVID-19 relief package for debate next week
Feb 16, 2021
House Democrats tinker with $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan
Feb 09, 2021
Can the $618 billion GOP relief plan push the needle on bipartisanship?
Feb 02, 2021
Biden weighs strategy for COVID-19 relief
Jan 26, 2021
The Biden administration goes big on COVID-19 relief
Jan 19, 2021
How does budget reconciliation work?
Jan 12, 2021
New House rules loosen fiscal restraints
Jan 05, 2021
Congress clears omnibus spending package with coronavirus relief
Dec 22, 2020
Will COVID-19 aid be contained in the government spending package?
Dec 15, 2020
Bumps in the road for $908 billion bipartisan COVID-19 aid deal
Dec 08, 2020
Nominee for White House OMB, Neera Tanden, comes under fire by GOP
Dec 01, 2020
Democrats eager to revive earmarks
Nov 24, 2020
COVID-19 relief and omnibus spending bill face long odds
Nov 17, 2020
How the transition of power may affect spending
Nov 10, 2020
How will a strong showing from Republicans this election affect the budget process?
Nov 04, 2020
How the election may impact the spending process
Oct 27, 2020
Pre-election deadline looms for coronavirus aid deal
Oct 20, 2020
Republicans and Trump at odds over coronavirus relief
Oct 13, 2020
Could we see the return of earmarks?
Oct 06, 2020
Democrats release new COVID-19 relief bill
Sep 29, 2020
House Democrats draft stopgap funding bill without Republican support
Sep 22, 2020
Lawmakers navigate politics in tackling a stopgap funding measure
Sep 15, 2020
Debt levels set to break records
Sep 08, 2020
Trump forced through some COVID-19 relief. Now what?
Aug 11, 2020
COVID-19 relief talks progress slowly
Aug 04, 2020
Senate Republicans release their COVID-19 relief bill. Is it enough?
Jul 28, 2020
COVID-19 aid negotiations ramp up
Jul 21, 2020
What’s in the Labor-HHS-Education bill for fiscal 2021?
Jul 14, 2020
Confederate statues, COVID-19, nuclear testing mark appropriations process
Jul 07, 2020
COVID-19’s impact on Social Security and Medicare trust funds
Jun 30, 2020
Breakdown in the Senate appropriations process
Jun 23, 2020
Appropriators face busy summer following COVID-19 delays
Jun 15, 2020
Surprising jobs report could slow next coronavirus aid package
Jun 08, 2020
Disparity between police and fire departments over virus aid
Jun 02, 2020
The cost of battling multiple disasters
May 27, 2020
The House passed a $3 trillion aid package. Now what?
May 18, 2020
House Democrats set the bar for the next coronavirus relief bill
May 13, 2020
A long road ahead for the next coronavirus relief bill
May 05, 2020
The US may be heading into one of the worst recessions in history
Apr 27, 2020
Congress reaches agreement for a fourth relief bill, but is it enough?
Apr 22, 2020
Congress struggles to find a solution for small business funding
Apr 13, 2020
Congressional leaders lay down markers for fourth relief package
Apr 06, 2020
What happens to the appropriations process now?
Apr 01, 2020
Coronavirus emergency funding is just getting started
Mar 09, 2020
Union pension funds trigger congressional rescue efforts
Mar 02, 2020
Candidates already jockeying to lead House Appropriations Committee
Feb 24, 2020
Military weapons funding takes hit for border wall
Feb 18, 2020
Top takeaways from Trump's latest budget proposal
Feb 11, 2020
Infrastructure week is back again
Feb 03, 2020
The most wonderful time of the year: budget forecast release week
Jan 27, 2020
Congress faces narrow spending increase as VA health care costs balloon
Jan 21, 2020
Previewing the appropriations process in 2020
Jan 13, 2020
Talking Taxes 2020
Jan 06, 2020
Year-end spending deal avoids government shutdown
Dec 17, 2019
Lawmakers appear eager to reach year-end spending deal
Dec 09, 2019
The outlook for a year-end tax bill
Dec 02, 2019
Congress barreling toward agreement on stopgap funding measure, avoiding a shutdown before holiday
Nov 18, 2019
Senate budget writers offer up a revamped budget process
Nov 12, 2019
Congress struggles to agree on funding as November deadline looms
Nov 04, 2019
Budget deficit nears the $1 trillion mark
Oct 28, 2019
Bipartisan cooperation put to the test in Senate
Oct 21, 2019
Power struggle over the House Appropriations Committee
Oct 14, 2019
Averting a government shutdown
Sep 23, 2019
Why partisan spending allocations spell trouble for the appropriations process
Sep 16, 2019
Can Congress avoid a shutdown?
Sep 09, 2019
Friction over diverted disaster aid ahead of Hurricane Dorian
Sep 03, 2019
Tax cuts: Four flips in four days.
Aug 26, 2019
ICYMI: The Democrats' tax package explained
Aug 19, 2019
CQ Roll Call Analysis: Lower spending, deficits partially due to budget control law
Aug 12, 2019
Two tax battles await Congress in September
Aug 05, 2019
What the two-year budget deal means for federal spending
Jul 29, 2019
Budget, debt limit deal nears completion, and rescuing union pensions
Jul 22, 2019
Debt limit talks pick up pace and tax credit bonanza
Jul 15, 2019
Why there's no Senate spending plan as deadline nears
Jul 08, 2019
Financial Services bill loaded with hot-button issues may signal trouble ahead
Jul 01, 2019
The Democrats' tax package explained
Jun 24, 2019
The politics behind spending limit negotiations
Jun 17, 2019
Democrats' Spending Bill Strategy
Jun 10, 2019
Ex CBO director knocks GOP on Obamacare and Congress for rising deficits
Jun 03, 2019
House to consider disaster aid again after GOP Rep. Roy deals setback
May 28, 2019
Taliban money and fighter jets at issue in Pentagon's $690 billion bill
May 20, 2019
Stalemate over disaster aid frustrates states
May 13, 2019
Why Trump, Chuck and Nancy face huge hurdles in infrastructure spending plan
May 06, 2019
Appropriations Season Begins and the Future of Social Security
Apr 29, 2019
Progressives Power Play:Pentagon-Level Spending for Nondefense Programs
Apr 15, 2019
Sen. Grassley Sees Chance to Pass Infrastructure, Drug Price Legislation
Apr 08, 2019
Divided Democrats May Forgo a Budget Resolution
Apr 01, 2019
The Crime Victims Fund Is Not Just for Victims
Mar 25, 2019
How Congress Might Rewrite Trump's Budget
Mar 18, 2019
Spending Deal at Mercy of Trump Budget, Debt Limit and Border Money
Mar 04, 2019
Breaking a Trust to Build the Wall
Feb 25, 2019
Trump Ignites New Budget Fights by Targeting Pentagon Programs
Feb 19, 2019
Down to the Wire Amid Setback in Government Funding Talks
Feb 11, 2019
Congress' Border Wall Funding Emergency
Feb 04, 2019
Congress Looks to Avert Another Shutdown
Jan 28, 2019
Shutdown Could Cost Federal Workers Second Paycheck
Jan 22, 2019
Assessing the Bleak Options for Ending the Shutdown
Jan 14, 2019
How Shutdown Will Sting Across the Board
Jan 07, 2019
Hell Week Amid Shutdown Fears
Dec 17, 2018
Trump's Christmas Wish List: Billions for Wildfire Suppression, Unaccompanied Children
Dec 10, 2018
Spending Talks About to Hit a Wall, New Tax Plan in Doubt
Dec 03, 2018
Tax Cuts to Be Revisited, Vows Sen. Van Hollen
Nov 28, 2018
Mueller Probe, Wall Funding Could Trip Up Spending Plan
Nov 28, 2018
Surprise Roadblock Could Sideline Budget Overhaul Panel
Nov 19, 2018
Democrat to Reshape Priorities on Spending Panel
Nov 12, 2018
Committee Charged With Overhauling Budget Process Nears Deadline
Nov 05, 2018
How Trump's Imagined Tax Cut Could Work
Oct 29, 2018
Despite the Rhetoric, Congress is Unlikely to Tackle Deficit, Entitlements
Oct 22, 2018
Behind the Interest Rate Increases
Oct 15, 2018
Key House Appropriators Face Tough Midterm Elections
Oct 09, 2018
Border Wall Funding Battle Could Dominate Lame Duck
Oct 01, 2018
Fiscal Year Ends With Unclear Path for Government Funding
Sep 24, 2018
Spending Splurge
Sep 17, 2018
Spending Milestone Within Reach
Sep 10, 2018
Hurdles to Passing Spending Bills
Sep 04, 2018
Appropriations Rush Before Midterms
Aug 27, 2018
Senators Rebuke Trump on Education Funding
Aug 20, 2018
Spending Bonanza Heads to Senate Floor
Aug 13, 2018
Speeding Through Spending Bills
Aug 06, 2018
Senate Set to Surpass House
Jul 30, 2018
Wall Funding That Isn't Coming From Mexico
Jul 23, 2018
New Costs for Veterans Health Slow Spending Bill Progress
Jul 16, 2018
How the Summer Spending Stretch Is Shaping Up
Jul 09, 2018
Ticking Debt Bomb
Jul 02, 2018
Unexpected Spending Trips Appropriators
Jun 25, 2018
A Flurry of Budget Activity
Jun 18, 2018
Minibus, Rescission Package Go to Senate, But Can They Pass?
Jun 11, 2018
Here Come the Minibuses
Jun 04, 2018
Putting Trump's Immigration Crackdown in Context
Jun 01, 2018
House-Senate Tussle Over Spending Bills
May 29, 2018
Potential Hiccups to the Interior-Environment Spending Bill
May 21, 2018
Children's Insurance Program Sparks Divisions in Rescission Package
May 14, 2018
First House Spending Bills Address #MeToo, Marijuana, Gitmo and More
May 07, 2018
Spending Bill Strategy
Apr 30, 2018
GOP Farm Bill Targets Food Stamps, Heads for House Vote
Apr 23, 2018
Pitfalls Under New Tax Law
Apr 16, 2018
Back to the Future for the 2018 Spending Bill
Apr 09, 2018
The GOP's About-Face on Deficits
Apr 02, 2018
Fiscal 2019 Holds Same Old Problems
Mar 26, 2018
Top Appropriators Seek Hometown Cash as Shutdown Threat Nears
Mar 19, 2018
Abortion Rift Slows Spending Bill Progress
Mar 12, 2018
The Policy Fights That Could Upend Final 2018 Spending Bill
Mar 05, 2018
Guns, Immigration Could Trip Up Long-Awaited 2018 Spending Plan
Feb 26, 2018
Trump Budget Could Conflict With Spending Plans
Feb 12, 2018
Another Stopgap Coming as Congress Readies to Spend, Spend, Spend
Feb 05, 2018
Hoping to Avoid Another Shutdown
Jan 29, 2018
Shutdown Scramble
Jan 22, 2018
Inching Toward a Spending Spree
Jan 16, 2018
Congress' Spending Quagmire
Jan 08, 2018
The Long and Winding Road to A Spending Deal
Dec 18, 2017
Defense, Domestic Budget Increases Crucial for Long-Term Spending Deal
Dec 11, 2017
GOP's Band-Aid Deal to Avert a Shutdown
Dec 04, 2017
A Two-Year Budget Deal in the Making
Nov 20, 2017
How the Tax Cuts Could Stymie Economic Growth
Nov 13, 2017
The GOP Tax Plan Unpacked
Nov 06, 2017
GOP Tax Plan: 'Square Peg Into Round Hole'
Oct 30, 2017
Don't Pop the Champagne Just Yet on Tax Overhaul
Oct 23, 2017
Trump Kneecapping Obamacare Adds to Year-End Spending Hurdles
Oct 16, 2017
Dueling Budget Plans Amid Increasing Hurricane Aid
Oct 10, 2017
The Path Ahead for the Budget Resolutions
Oct 02, 2017
Why Any Tax Cuts Could Be Temporary
Sep 25, 2017
Next Battlefront:Lifting the Spending Caps
Sep 18, 2017