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
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Medicaid cuts in play
23 min
52
Trump's budget ax
19 min
53
Budget promises put to the test
29 min
54
Budget battle in the House
27 min
55
Tough climate for appropriations
32 min
56
Spending bill's political fallout
20 min
57
Leadership test on spending
25 min
58
Stopgap spending decision time
23 min
59
Pivotal test for House budget
21 min
60
Budget reconciliation pressures mount
23 min
61
Budget reconciliation stalls
27 min
62
House GOP in a quandary
23 min
63
Funding freeze turmoil
25 min
64
Budget reconciliation 'horse race'
27 min
65
GOP's fragile majority
27 min
66
Political fallout over spending
26 min
67
Big tax-cut and spending agenda
21 min
68
The meaning of DOGE
28 min
69
Disaster aid scrubbing
26 min
70
Funding strategy unresolved
24 min
71
Post-election end game
22 min
72
Finish line in sight
20 min
73
Long wait for a funding plan
23 min
74
Politics of stopgap spending
22 min
75
Spending bill punts
23 min