CQ Budget

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

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