CQ Budget

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

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Government
51
Leadership test on spending
25 min
52
Stopgap spending decision time
23 min
53
Pivotal test for House budget
21 min
54
Budget reconciliation pressures mount
23 min
55
Budget reconciliation stalls
27 min
56
House GOP in a quandary
23 min
57
Funding freeze turmoil
25 min
58
Budget reconciliation 'horse race'
27 min
59
GOP's fragile majority
27 min
60
Political fallout over spending
26 min
61
Big tax-cut and spending agenda
21 min
62
The meaning of DOGE
28 min
63
Disaster aid scrubbing
26 min
64
Funding strategy unresolved
24 min
65
Post-election end game
22 min
66
Finish line in sight
20 min
67
Long wait for a funding plan
23 min
68
Politics of stopgap spending
22 min
69
Spending bill punts
23 min
70
Appropriations derailed
22 min
71
GOP's political edge
23 min
72
Law enforcement funding battle
23 min
73
Border security and foreign aid fights
24 min
74
Spending caps in peril
23 min
75
Defense spending schism
24 min