CQ Budget

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

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Congressional leaders lay down markers for four...
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What happens to the appropriations process now?
10 min
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Coronavirus emergency funding is just getting s...
11 min
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Union pension funds trigger congressional rescu...
14 min
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Candidates already jockeying to lead House Appr...
14 min
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Military weapons funding takes hit for border wall
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Top takeaways from Trump's latest budget proposal
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Infrastructure week is back again
12 min
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The most wonderful time of the year: budget for...
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Congress faces narrow spending increase as VA h...
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Previewing the appropriations process in 2020
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Talking Taxes 2020
CQ Budget, Ep. 138
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Year-end spending deal avoids government shutdown
17 min
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Lawmakers appear eager to reach year-end spendi...
14 min
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The outlook for a year-end tax bill
16 min
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Congress barreling toward agreement on stopgap ...
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Senate budget writers offer up a revamped budge...
CQ Budget, Ep. 133
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Congress struggles to agree on funding as Novem...
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Budget deficit nears the $1 trillion mark
CQ Budget, Ep. 131
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Bipartisan cooperation put to the test in Senate
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Power struggle over the House Appropriations Co...
CQ Budget, Ep. 129
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Averting a government shutdown
The Senate takes up a stopgap funding measure to avoid a government shutdown next month. But the continuing resolution does a lot more than just extend current funding.
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Why partisan spending allocations spell trouble...
After months of delay, Senate appropriators finally got to work on their spending bills for the new fiscal year, which begins in just two weeks. But it was a slower start than lawmakers had hoped for, and unlike last year’s effort, it was deeply...
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Can Congress avoid a shutdown?
Congress is finally back in town after a long summer recess and the race is on to avoid a government shutdown before the new fiscal year begins Oct. 1. Not one of the 12 annual spending bills needed to fund the government has cleared the Senate yet...
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Friction over diverted disaster aid ahead of Hu...
Even though Congress is still in a prolonged summer recess, spending battles between the White House and Congress have only been multiplying. The Trump administration plans to divert money from disaster relief and other programs to fund more...
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