CQ Budget

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

News
Politics
Government
26
GOP's fragile majority
27 min
27
Political fallout over spending
26 min
28
Big tax-cut and spending agenda
21 min
29
The meaning of DOGE
28 min
30
Disaster aid scrubbing
26 min
31
Funding strategy unresolved
24 min
32
Post-election end game
22 min
33
Finish line in sight
20 min
34
Long wait for a funding plan
23 min
35
Politics of stopgap spending
22 min
36
Spending bill punts
23 min
37
Appropriations derailed
22 min
38
GOP's political edge
23 min
39
Law enforcement funding battle
23 min
40
Border security and foreign aid fights
24 min
41
Spending caps in peril
23 min
42
Defense spending schism
24 min
43
Appropriations sprint begins
22 min
44
Food stamps fight
21 min
45
Funding allocations trouble
28 min
46
Weapons freeze backlash
29 min
47
Aviation bill dogfight
25 min
48
Earmarks culture war
21 min
49
Politics of Ukraine aid
32 min
50
Johnson's conundrum
22 min