CQ Budget

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

News
Politics
Government
101
Under the gun
27 min
102
Familiar spending deal
28 min
103
Showdown on the border
28 min
104
Crunch time for topline funding deal, supplemental
30 min
105
Hard slog on war funds and appropriations
29 min
106
Stormy talks ahead
28 min
107
Showdown week for stopgap funding
25 min
108
Funding mess ahead
25 min
109
New speaker's agenda
30 min
110
Scramble for speakership
25 min
111
Race for the gavel
27 min
112
Bipartisan truce
25 min
113
Stopgap funding troubles
32 min
114
Appropriations on the skids
29 min
115
Emergency spending clash
26 min
116
Spending battle preview
18 min
117
Divergent spending paths
31 min
118
Appropriations collision course
59 min
119
Defense budget uncertainty
26 min
120
Spending allocations clash
29 min
121
Partisan clash on spending and taxes
33 min
122
Conservatives revolt
28 min
123
Debt limit deal examined
31 min
124
Debt limit deal explained
29 min
125
Spending caps struggle
22 min