CQ Budget

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

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Politics
Government
51
Hard slog on war funds and appropriations
29 min
52
Stormy talks ahead
28 min
53
Showdown week for stopgap funding
25 min
54
Funding mess ahead
25 min
55
New speaker's agenda
30 min
56
Scramble for speakership
25 min
57
Race for the gavel
27 min
58
Bipartisan truce
25 min
59
Stopgap funding troubles
32 min
60
Appropriations on the skids
29 min
61
Emergency spending clash
26 min
62
Spending battle preview
18 min
63
Divergent spending paths
31 min
64
Appropriations collision course
59 min
65
Defense budget uncertainty
26 min
66
Spending allocations clash
29 min
67
Partisan clash on spending and taxes
33 min
68
Conservatives revolt
28 min
69
Debt limit deal examined
31 min
70
Debt limit deal explained
29 min
71
Spending caps struggle
22 min
72
Debt limit drama
31 min
73
Presidential engagement
24 min
74
Search for debt limit compromise
29 min
75
Test of unity
28 min