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
101
Scramble for speakership
25 min
102
Race for the gavel
27 min
103
Bipartisan truce
25 min
104
Stopgap funding troubles
32 min
105
Appropriations on the skids
29 min
106
Emergency spending clash
26 min
107
Spending battle preview
18 min
108
Divergent spending paths
31 min
109
Appropriations collision course
59 min
110
Defense budget uncertainty
26 min
111
Spending allocations clash
29 min
112
Partisan clash on spending and taxes
33 min
113
Conservatives revolt
28 min
114
Debt limit deal examined
31 min
115
Debt limit deal explained
29 min
116
Spending caps struggle
22 min
117
Debt limit drama
31 min
118
Presidential engagement
24 min
119
Search for debt limit compromise
29 min
120
Test of unity
28 min
121
The politics of raising the debt limit
27 min
122
IRS funding in crosshairs
25 min
123
Debt limit pressure tactics
27 min
124
Spending cuts standoff
22 min
125
GOP's budget attack
31 min