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