CQ Budget

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

News
Politics
Government
76
Familiar spending deal
28 min
77
Showdown on the border
28 min
78
Crunch time for topline funding deal, supplemental
30 min
79
Hard slog on war funds and appropriations
29 min
80
Stormy talks ahead
28 min
81
Showdown week for stopgap funding
25 min
82
Funding mess ahead
25 min
83
New speaker's agenda
30 min
84
Scramble for speakership
25 min
85
Race for the gavel
27 min
86
Bipartisan truce
25 min
87
Stopgap funding troubles
32 min
88
Appropriations on the skids
29 min
89
Emergency spending clash
26 min
90
Spending battle preview
18 min
91
Divergent spending paths
31 min
92
Appropriations collision course
59 min
93
Defense budget uncertainty
26 min
94
Spending allocations clash
29 min
95
Partisan clash on spending and taxes
33 min
96
Conservatives revolt
28 min
97
Debt limit deal examined
31 min
98
Debt limit deal explained
29 min
99
Spending caps struggle
22 min
100
Debt limit drama
31 min