CQ Budget

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

News
Politics
Government
26
Law enforcement funding battle
23 min
27
Border security and foreign aid fights
24 min
28
Spending caps in peril
23 min
29
Defense spending schism
24 min
30
Appropriations sprint begins
22 min
31
Food stamps fight
21 min
32
Funding allocations trouble
28 min
33
Weapons freeze backlash
29 min
34
Aviation bill dogfight
25 min
35
Earmarks culture war
21 min
36
Politics of Ukraine aid
32 min
37
Johnson's conundrum
22 min
38
Tumultuous appropriations cycle
31 min
39
Biden's budget dissected
30 min
40
Dueling claims on new spending package
24 min
41
Appropriations impasse
24 min
42
War funding makes headway
25 min
43
Border-war aid package on tortured path
32 min
44
Appropriations breakthrough and tax bill uncert...
22 min
45
Prospects for tax and border deals
24 min
46
Under the gun
27 min
47
Familiar spending deal
28 min
48
Showdown on the border
28 min
49
Crunch time for topline funding deal, supplemental
30 min
50
Hard slog on war funds and appropriations
29 min