CQ Budget

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

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