CQ Budget

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

News
Politics
Government
51
Big tax-cut and spending agenda
21 min
52
The meaning of DOGE
28 min
53
Disaster aid scrubbing
26 min
54
Funding strategy unresolved
24 min
55
Post-election end game
22 min
56
Finish line in sight
20 min
57
Long wait for a funding plan
23 min
58
Politics of stopgap spending
22 min
59
Spending bill punts
23 min
60
Appropriations derailed
22 min
61
GOP's political edge
23 min
62
Law enforcement funding battle
23 min
63
Border security and foreign aid fights
24 min
64
Spending caps in peril
23 min
65
Defense spending schism
24 min
66
Appropriations sprint begins
22 min
67
Food stamps fight
21 min
68
Funding allocations trouble
28 min
69
Weapons freeze backlash
29 min
70
Aviation bill dogfight
25 min
71
Earmarks culture war
21 min
72
Politics of Ukraine aid
32 min
73
Johnson's conundrum
22 min
74
Tumultuous appropriations cycle
31 min
75
Biden's budget dissected
30 min