CQ Budget

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

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Government
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Tax breaks percolating
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Omnibus spending deal done
CQ Roll Call's David Lerman and Lindsey McPherson discuss omnibus appropriations for the current fiscal year making it across the finish line this week.
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Countdown to a spending deal
CQ Roll Call's David Lerman and Peter Cohn assess the state of spending negotiations and discuss a lower-profile bill offering a major expansion of veterans' health care benefits.
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What's happening with infrastructure spending?
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Two weeks and counting
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Budget priorities clash in coming months
18 min
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Getting something done
17 min
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Movement on the appropriations process?
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New year’s outlook for reconciliation package a...
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Democrats look to new year to pass tax and spen...
20 min
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Senate clears procedural debt limit measure
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So much to do, so little time
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At last, House passes massive reconciliation pa...
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Will the reconciliation bill pass soon?
20 min
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Reconciliation at risk
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The skinny on the stripped down reconciliation ...
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What's the meaning of compromise?
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What’s next for the reconciliation bill?
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Debt limit crisis averted, for now
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President Biden's domestic agenda at stake
18 min
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Stopgap funding faces uncertainty in the Senate
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Where things stand on reconciliation
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Uncertainty surrounds budget resolution for as ...
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Playing chicken with the debt limit
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Senate infrastructure deal secured
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