CQ Budget

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

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Politics
Government
26
Crunch time for topline funding deal, supplemental
30 min
27
Hard slog on war funds and appropriations
29 min
28
Stormy talks ahead
28 min
29
Showdown week for stopgap funding
25 min
30
Funding mess ahead
25 min
31
New speaker's agenda
30 min
32
Scramble for speakership
25 min
33
Race for the gavel
27 min
34
Bipartisan truce
25 min
35
Stopgap funding troubles
32 min
36
Appropriations on the skids
29 min
37
Emergency spending clash
26 min
38
Spending battle preview
18 min
39
Divergent spending paths
31 min
40
Appropriations collision course
59 min
41
Defense budget uncertainty
26 min
42
Spending allocations clash
29 min
43
Partisan clash on spending and taxes
33 min
44
Conservatives revolt
28 min
45
Debt limit deal examined
31 min
46
Debt limit deal explained
29 min
47
Spending caps struggle
22 min
48
Debt limit drama
31 min
49
Presidential engagement
24 min
50
Search for debt limit compromise
29 min