CQ Budget

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

News
Politics
Government
1
Two months to go
19 min
2
Appropriations back on track?
25 min
3
Politics of a shutdown
21 min
4
Shutdown pressures on the rise
18 min
5
Shutdown pain growing as November nears
23 min
6
'Power of the purse' at stake
23 min
7
Shutdown stalemate
26 min
8
Trapped in a shutdown
26 min
9
Health subsidies standoff
26 min
10
Search for an end game
21 min
11
'Pocket rescission' showdown
21 min
12
Rough-and-tumble September
24 min
13
Politics of appropriations
23 min
14
Big test on rescissions
21 min
15
Political fallout of 'big, beautiful bill'
27 min
16
'Beautiful' bill picked apart
22 min
17
Medicaid and 'SALT' divide GOP
26 min
18
'Big, beautiful' bill on the line
25 min
19
Reconciliation headaches in Senate
27 min
20
'Big, beautiful' bill heads to Senate
29 min
21
Medicaid cuts in play
23 min
22
Trump's budget ax
19 min
23
Budget promises put to the test
29 min
24
Budget battle in the House
27 min
25
Tough climate for appropriations
32 min