CQ Budget

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

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