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Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., talks with reporters in the Capitol on Dec. 1, 2021.

Movement on the appropriations process?

By Jennifer Shutt, David Lerman and Jinitzail Hernández
Posted January 14, 2022 at 3:20pm
Duhnke, pictured in the Capitol in 2014 during his prior stint as Senate Appropriations GOP staff director.

Former top Shelby aide to lead GOP appropriations staff

By Paul M. Krawzak and Jennifer Shutt
Posted January 13, 2022 at 5:35pm
A woman picks up COVID-19 rapid antigen test kits at the Watha T. Daniel-Shaw Neighborhood Library in Washington in December.

Hoyer: White House to ask for more pandemic relief funds

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted January 11, 2022 at 2:31pm
Sen. Joe Manchin III, D-W.Va., arrives in the Capitol for a vote on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022.

New year’s outlook for reconciliation package and appropriations

By David Lerman, Jennifer Shutt and Evan Campbell
Posted January 7, 2022 at 12:06pm
Sen. Joe Manchin III, D-W.Va., makes his way to a Senate Democrats' luncheon in the Capitol on Thursday.

Democrats look to new year to pass tax and spending package

By David Lerman, Jennifer Shutt and Evan Campbell
Posted December 17, 2021 at 12:08pm
Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., speaks during the Senate Democrats’ news conference on Nov. 30.

Biden, Democrats punt reconciliation, voting rights bills to 2022

By Lindsey McPherson, Suzanne Monyak, Jennifer Shutt and Laura Weiss
Posted December 16, 2021 at 11:43am, Updated at 7:07pm
Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., talks with reporters in the Capitol on Wednesday.

NDAA victory aside, the real Pentagon money fight awaits

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted December 16, 2021 at 10:00am
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, left, and Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer worked out an agreement to defuse a possible financial crisis.

House clears $2.5 trillion debt limit increase, ending fiscal drama

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted December 14, 2021 at 1:09pm, Updated December 15, 2021 at 12:45am
From right, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks as Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., and Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., listen during the Senate Republicans news conference in the Capitol on Nov. 30, 2021.

Senate clears procedural debt limit measure

By David Lerman, Jennifer Shutt and Evan Campbell
Posted December 10, 2021 at 12:26pm
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks during the a news conference in the Capitol on Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021. Behind McConnell, from left, are Sens. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., John Thune, R-S.D., and Joni Ernst, R-Iowa.

Senate clears expedited debt limit process, Medicare cuts delay

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted December 9, 2021 at 1:18pm, Updated at 6:27pm
Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., says averting Medicare cuts might be enough to win his vote.

House passes debt limit process, Medicare cuts delay bill

By Jennifer Shutt and Lindsey McPherson
Posted December 7, 2021 at 1:59pm, Updated at 9:36pm
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks during the Senate Democrats’ news conference in the Capitol on Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021.

Senate clears Feb. 18 stopgap funding bill, averts shutdown

By Jennifer Shutt and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted December 2, 2021 at 10:33am, Updated at 9:36pm
House Appropriations Chair Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., left, speaks with ranking member Kay Granger, R-Texas, before a full committee markup on June 29, 2021.

New stopgap funding bill likely to extend into early 2022

By Paul M. Krawzak and Jennifer Shutt
Posted November 29, 2021 at 4:51pm
Young testifies at her confirmation hearing on March 2, 2021 to be deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget.

Biden makes it official: Young gets OMB director nod

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted November 24, 2021 at 9:36am, Updated at 10:15am
Speaker Nancy Pelosi addresses a news conference after the House passed the Build Back Better Act at the U.S. Capitol on Friday.

At last, House passes massive reconciliation package

By Jennifer Shutt, David Lerman and Jinitzail Hernández
Posted November 19, 2021 at 11:52am
House Appropriations Chair Rosa DeLauro says she’s ready to work through disagreements with Republicans over the spending bills.

DeLauro pushing for short stopgap funding bill, no ‘anomalies’

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted November 18, 2021 at 5:30pm
Senate Appropriations ranking member Richard Shelby, R-Ala., left, shown with Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., has said an impasse over spending bills could lead to a yearlong continuing resolution.

Stopgap funds to February or March in play; Dec. 17 also mulled

By Jennifer Shutt and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted November 15, 2021 at 7:30pm
Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vt., looks out at the National Mall from the Speaker’s Balcony as he gives a tour to a group of the National Guard at the Capitol in Washington on Wednesday, March 10, 2021.

Leahy, longest-serving sitting senator, to retire

By Jennifer Shutt and Bridget Bowman
Posted November 15, 2021 at 10:16am, Updated at 11:26am
From left, House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer, D-Md., Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn, D-S.C., turn away from the cameras after announcing their plans to move forward with the infrastructure and reconciliation bills on Nov. 5.

Will the reconciliation bill pass soon?

By David Lerman, Jennifer Shutt and Evan Campbell
Posted November 12, 2021 at 11:52am
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, right, greets Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand at the Congressional Women's Softball game in October. Gillibrand said Wednesday the House paid leave plan was an "extremely strong" proposal and a "great base" to build on in future legislation.

House Democrats put paid leave back in budget bill as vote nears

By Lindsey McPherson and Jennifer Shutt
Posted November 3, 2021 at 1:10pm
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., hoped to approve the bipartisan infrastructure bill but Chair Pramila Jayapal said progressives wanted to pass the reconciliation package and the infrastructure bill through the House at the same time.

The skinny on the stripped-down reconciliation framework

By Jennifer Shutt, David Lerman and Evan Campbell
Posted October 29, 2021 at 11:43am
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders says he’s disappointed drug price negotiation provisions were left out of the reconciliation framework.

Infrastructure vote looks shaky as progressives balk, again

By Lauren Clason, Jennifer Shutt, Laura Weiss and Jessica Wehrman
Posted October 28, 2021 at 2:51pm
Speaker Nancy Pelosi talks with reporters Wednesday after a meeting of the House Democratic Caucus in the Capitol.

Pelosi aims to light fire under budget package negotiators

By Lindsey McPherson, Jennifer Shutt, Laura Weiss and David Lerman
Posted October 27, 2021 at 5:57pm, Updated at 10:53pm
The East Front of the U.S. Capitol is seen in Washington in May.

What’s the meaning of compromise?

By Jennifer Shutt, David Lerman and Jinitzail Hernández
Posted October 22, 2021 at 1:46pm
There’s precedent for two-year spending deals, Senate Appropriations ranking member Richard C. Shelby notes.

Two-year spending caps deal on the table in appropriations talks

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted October 21, 2021 at 6:04pm
Senate Appropriations Chairman Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vt., left, and ranking member Richard C. Shelby, R-Ala., talk before a Senate Appropriations Committee markup in August.

Senate Democrats unveil remaining fiscal 2022 spending bills

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted October 18, 2021 at 4:43pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., conducts a news conference after the Senate Democrats policy luncheon in the U.S. Capitol.

What’s next for the reconciliation bill?

By David Lerman, Jennifer Shutt and Evan Campbell
Posted October 15, 2021 at 11:48am
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrives for her weekly news conference Tuesday.

Debt limit patch cleared for Biden, setting up year-end battle

By Jennifer Shutt and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted October 12, 2021 at 7:05pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., is seen after a lunch with Senate Democrats in the U.S. Capitol.

Debt limit crisis averted, for now

By David Lerman, Jennifer Shutt and Evan Campbell
Posted October 8, 2021 at 12:56pm
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito was among 11 Republican senators who voted for cloture on the debt limit measure.

Short-term debt limit increase passes Senate, heads to House

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted October 7, 2021 at 5:28pm, Updated at 8:40pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer conducts a news conference in the Capitol on Sept. 28.

Bipartisan debt limit patch would raise borrowing cap by $480B

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted October 7, 2021 at 11:46am, Updated at 3:26pm
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., flanked from left by Sens. John Thune, R-S.D., John Barrasso, R-Wyo., and Roy Blunt, R-Mo., arrive at the podium for their press conference in the Capitol on Oct. 5.

Democrats, Republicans agree to short-term debt limit increase

By Jennifer Shutt, David Lerman and Niels Lesniewski
Posted October 6, 2021 at 1:53pm, Updated October 7, 2021 at 12:12am
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer arrives for a news conference after the Senate Democratic Policy luncheon in the Capitol on Tuesday, September 21, 2021.

Senate Democrats weigh ‘nuking’ filibuster for debt limit bill

By Jennifer Shutt and Niels Lesniewski
Posted October 5, 2021 at 4:29pm, Updated at 8:30pm
Sen. Joe Manchin III, D-W.Va., says he won't support a reconciliation package that's larger than $1.5 trillion.

Biden’s domestic agenda at stake

By David Lerman, Jennifer Shutt and Evan Campbell
Posted October 1, 2021 at 11:51am
The temporary spending bill is “not a permanent solution,” House Appropriations Chair Rosa DeLauro says.

Biden signs short-term spending bill, averting shutdown

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted September 30, 2021 at 4:29pm, Updated at 7:45pm
Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks with Rep. Alma Adams, D-N.C., right, during a Build Back Better for Women rally on the House steps of the Capitol on Sept. 24.

Debt ceiling bill stalls again in Senate as pressure grows

By Jennifer Shutt and David Lerman
Posted September 28, 2021 at 1:25pm, Updated at 8:20pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., arrives at the Capitol on Monday.

Lawmakers scramble for Plan B on stopgap funds, debt ceiling

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted September 27, 2021 at 5:28pm
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., hold a news conference Thursday in the Capitol Visitor Center to announce a “framework” for Biden’s economic plan.

Stopgap funding faces uncertainty in Senate

By David Lerman, Jennifer Shutt and Evan Campbell
Posted September 24, 2021 at 11:46am
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., arrives Tuesday to speak at the "In America: Remember" art installation on the National Mall.

House passes stopgap funding, debt ceiling suspension bill

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted September 21, 2021 at 3:31pm, Updated at 8:45pm
Sen. Joe Manchin III, D-W.Va., is one of the key votes Democrats must secure to get their reconciliation package through the razor-thin margins in the Senate.

Where things stand on reconciliation

By David Lerman, Jennifer Shutt and Evan Campbell
Posted September 17, 2021 at 12:11pm
Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen wrote to congressional leaders on Wednesday that the agency's cash balance and so-called extraordinary measures to remain under the statutory debt ceiling will be “exhausted during the month of October.”

Yellen: Treasury could hit debt ceiling in October without congressional action

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted September 8, 2021 at 1:19pm
Shalanda D. Young, acting director of the Office of Management and Budget, arrives for a House Budget Committee hearing on June 9, 2021.

White House seeks over $30B for disaster aid, Afghan refugees

By Paul M. Krawzak and Jennifer Shutt
Posted September 7, 2021 at 3:47pm
Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., speaks during a news conference on Dec. 1, 2020. Gottheimer is one of nine moderate House Democrats in a standoff with Speaker Nancy Pelosi over voting on a budget resolution before the chamber first passes a bipartisan infrastructure bill.

Democrats’ standoff continues over budget, infrastructure

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted August 16, 2021 at 10:32am
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., ouside the Capitol on Wednesday. She is seeking to win approval of a budget resolution the week of Aug. 23.

Pelosi offers to ‘advance’ budget and infrastructure measures together

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted August 15, 2021 at 1:01pm
Some House moderates have signaled they could withhold votes for the budget resolution unless Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., holds a vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill first.

Uncertainty surrounds budget resolution as it heads to House

By Jennifer Shutt, Paul M. Krawzak and Evan Campbell
Posted August 13, 2021 at 12:52pm
Jon Tester, one of two Senate Democrats not to request funding through the new earmark process, says earmarks don’t “work out really well.”

Plenty of budget room seen to accommodate House, Senate earmarks

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted August 13, 2021 at 7:00am
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., talk with reporters on the debt ceiling on July 21, 2021.

Playing chicken with the debt limit

By David Lerman, Jennifer Shutt and Evan Campbell
Posted August 6, 2021 at 11:42am
Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., left, and ranking member Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., arrive for a Senate Appropriations Committee markup in Dirksen Building on Wednesday.

Senate appropriators warn of year-end train wreck

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted August 4, 2021 at 3:11pm
UNITED STATES - MAY 11: Sens. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., left, and Roger Wicker, R-Miss., attend the Senate Rules and Administration Committee markup of the For the People Act in Russell Building on Tuesday, May 11, 2021. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Top Republican wants even ‘more money’ for defense

By John M. Donnelly and Jennifer Shutt
Posted August 4, 2021 at 2:34pm
House Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Peter A. DeFazio is No. 1 among earmarkers with $43.8 million.

Earmarks in House bills favor Democrats, but GOP not shy either

By Jennifer Shutt, Ryan Kelly and Peter Cohn
Posted August 4, 2021 at 5:44am
Sen. Lisa Murkowski is seen after a news conference announcing an agreement on an infrastructure bill in the Capitol.

Senate infrastructure deal secured

By David Lerman, Jennifer Shutt and Evan Campbell
Posted July 30, 2021 at 11:45am
National Guard troops walk through the Senate tunnel to the Capitol on March 5.

Aid bill for Capitol security, Afghan refugees headed to Biden’s desk

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted July 29, 2021 at 2:55pm, Updated at 5:00pm
Rep. Matt Cartwright, chairman of the House Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations Subcommittee, says the spending measure doesn't defund the police because it involves grants, not mandatory funding that agencies normally annually receive.

Justice Department spending bill in limbo over police funds

By Jennifer Shutt, Lindsey McPherson and Todd Ruger
Posted July 29, 2021 at 1:05pm
A supplemental spending bill would cover National Guard costs related to deployments to the Capitol after the Jan. 6 riot.

GOP ‘holds’ threaten quick action on supplemental spending bill

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted July 28, 2021 at 2:09pm
The Capitol dome is seen at sunrise in May.

Deal reached on $2.1B Capitol security supplemental

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted July 27, 2021 at 12:25pm, Updated at 4:08pm
Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen

Yellen urges lawmakers to act on debt limit in September

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted July 23, 2021 at 2:03pm
Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh, right, talks with ranking member Roy Blunt before a Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee on hearing on the fiscal 2022 budget for the Department of Labor.

First appropriations bills head to House floor

By David Lerman, Jennifer Shutt and Evan Campbell
Posted July 23, 2021 at 12:56pm
Chairman Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vt., left, and ranking member Richard C. Shelby, R-Ala., speak before the start of a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on June 17, 2021.

Earmarks snag could threaten Senate appropriations markups

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted July 21, 2021 at 6:48pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., pictured making his way to a news conference outside the Capitol, had set Wednesday as a deadline for his caucus to agree on moving forward with a budget resolution to begin the process on a $3.5 trillion reconciliation package.

Democrats expect unity on budget as they eye early August vote

By Lindsey McPherson and Jennifer Shutt
Posted July 21, 2021 at 6:44pm
Sen. Joe Manchin III, D-W. Va., is one of several moderate Democrats who want more details on the $3.5 trillion price tag for the budget reconciliation package.

Budget reconciliation package outline set at $3.5 trillion

By David Lerman, Jennifer Shutt and Evan Campbell
Posted July 16, 2021 at 12:36pm
House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer says the chamber will take up seven fiscal 2022 spending bills in one bundle the week of July 26.

House to take up seven-bill fiscal 2022 spending package

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted July 15, 2021 at 8:45pm
President Joe Biden walks with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer as he arrives at the Capitol on Wednesday to pitch a $3.5 trillion budget agreement to Senate Democrats over lunch.

Senate Democrats begin push-pull process on budget

By Lindsey McPherson, Paul M. Krawzak and Jennifer Shutt
Posted July 14, 2021 at 8:05pm
Sen. Joe Manchin III, D-W.Va., is not yet ready to support the $3.5 trillion spending topline Democratic leaders agreed to set for a reconciliation package.

Senate moderates want details of $3.5 trillion budget bill before committing

By Lindsey McPherson and Jennifer Shutt
Posted July 14, 2021 at 11:21am, Updated at 1:05pm
Senate Appropriations Chairman Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vt., left, and ranking member Richard C. Shelby, R-Ala., speak before a hearing on the White House's fiscal 2022 defense budget request in Washington on Thursday, June 17, 2021.

Senate Democrats up ante on Capitol security supplemental

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted July 12, 2021 at 6:41pm
A U.S. Capitol Police van is parked in front of the Senate wing of the Capitol on June 17, 2021.

GOP bill for Capitol security cuts House version by two-thirds

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted July 9, 2021 at 7:31pm, Updated at 9:56pm
There's uncertainty about how long the Treasury Department can continue paying the nation's bills if Congress doesn't vote on raising or suspending the debt limit before the August recess.

What awaits Congress before summer recess

By Jennifer Shutt, Niels Lesniewski and Evan Campbell
Posted July 9, 2021 at 12:42pm
Rep. John Yarmuth, D-Ky., talks with reporters in the Capitol Visitor Center after a meeting of the House Democratic Caucus on June 29, 2021.

COVID-19 relief, economic recovery hinder debt limit ‘X Date’ forecast

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted July 8, 2021 at 3:08pm
Illinois Rep. Jesús “Chuy” García, left, says he won’t back a reconciliation bill without a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, but House Budget Chairman John Yarmuth has said that likely won’t meet reconciliation rules.

Garcia adds reconciliation demand Democrats unlikely to meet on immigration

By Caroline Coudriet and Jennifer Shutt
Posted July 7, 2021 at 4:18pm
Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., praised his Democratic counterpart's fairness, but that won't earn his vote.

GOP unity on spending bills holding, despite earmarks galore

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted July 6, 2021 at 9:35am
New Hampshire Sen. Maggie Hassan is one of only two Democrats who haven't yet joined the earmarking parade, though there’s still time.

Senate appropriations earmark requests start rolling in

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted July 2, 2021 at 3:11pm
President Joe Biden (C), joined by from left to right, Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH), Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) and Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), speaks after the bipartisan group of Senators reached a deal on an infrastructure package at the White House.

Bipartisan infrastructure plan reached

By David Lerman, Jennifer Shutt and Evan Campbell
Posted June 25, 2021 at 11:32am
Flanked by five Democratic and Republican senators, President Joe Biden discusses a agreement on infrastructure Thursday outside the West Wing.

Infrastructure deal reached, now comes the hard part

By Jessica Wehrman, Niels Lesniewski and Jennifer Shutt
Posted June 24, 2021 at 5:01pm
Florida Rep. Brian Mast wants more funding for Everglades restoration.

Earmark requests grow as House Appropriations panels begin work

By Jennifer Shutt and Ryan Kelly
Posted June 23, 2021 at 9:17am
A Capitol Police van in front of the Senate wing of the Capitol on June 17, 2021. Democrats estimate the department will run out of funds by August without action by Congress.

Capitol Police could run out of funds over August recess

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted June 21, 2021 at 5:52pm
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., flanked by Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., calls on a reporter for a question during the first post-pandemic press conference in the Ohio Clock Corridor on Tuesday, June 15, 2021. For the first time since the pandemic the Democrats weekly policy lunch was held in the Mansfield Room while the Republicans met in the LBJ Room.

Democrats go big with new spending proposal

By Jennifer Shutt, David Lerman and Evan Campbell
Posted June 18, 2021 at 12:20pm
Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., said "fish or cut bait" time is approaching.

Huge budget reconciliation package may not move until fall

By Jennifer Shutt and Jessica Wehrman
Posted June 15, 2021 at 1:16pm, Updated at 3:49pm
Rep. Michael Burgess, R-Texas, sought to remove the underlying rule's spending cap for appropriators.

$1.5 trillion spending cap approved with House rule

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted June 14, 2021 at 4:22pm, Updated at 7:45pm
House Budget Chairman John Yarmuth, D-Ky., arrives for a hearing on the White House's fiscal 2022 budget request on Wednesday, June 9, 2021.

House Democrats propose $1.5 trillion spending ceiling

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted June 14, 2021 at 11:53am
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., has said he'd like to pass all 12 spending bills through the House before the August recess, setting up a flurry of activity on the House side that will likely have to be renegotiated with the Senate.

Spending season begins with uncertainty

By David Lerman, Jennifer Shutt and Evan Campbell
Posted June 11, 2021 at 11:57am
Rep. Derek Kilmer is concerned about a "brain drain" as talented staff leave the Hill for more lucrative opportunities.

Lawmakers seek funds to improve the workings of Congress

By Jennifer Shutt and Katherine Tully-McManus
Posted June 9, 2021 at 2:54pm
Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., promised “this is the last year” House spending bills will block federal funds from being used to pay for abortion as she prepared to take over as Chair of the House Appropriations Committee.

Appropriators prepare for abortion funding fight

By Jennifer Shutt, Sandhya Raman and Evan Campbell
Posted June 4, 2021 at 12:17pm
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., talks with reporters in the Senate subway during a vote on Wednesday, May 19, 2021.

Iron Dome funds may hitch a ride on Capitol security supplemental

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted June 3, 2021 at 12:36pm, Updated at 1:36pm
House Budget Chairman John Yarmuth says he's still planning to bring a full fiscal 2022 budget resolution before his committee.

Yarmuth: Democrats likely to adopt Biden’s spending targets

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted May 28, 2021 at 6:16pm
Sen. Richard C. Shelby, R-Ala., left, and Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vt., talk as they arrive in the Capitol on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020.

Leahy: 50-50 earmarks split OK if GOP requests enough projects

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted May 26, 2021 at 5:22pm
Second-term Texas Rep. Colin Allred won reelection last year by a 6-point margin. He said he doesn’t expect earmarks to be used against him in the midterms.

Vulnerable Democrats bet earmark stigma has worn off

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted May 26, 2021 at 9:56am
Senate Appropriations Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., left, and ranking member Richard Shelby, R-Ala., talk in the Capitol last fall.

Leahy won’t commit to even earmarks split with GOP

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted May 24, 2021 at 6:48pm
House Budget Chairman John Yarmuth said this week his budget resolution will “be an exercise in futility, because I don’t think we can get a defense number that all our members can vote for and we probably can’t get a nondefense number that all of our members will vote for.”

Looking ahead at a busy appropriations season

By Jennifer Shutt, David Lerman and Evan Campbell
Posted May 21, 2021 at 1:14pm
Capitol Police and National Guard troops conduct a security briefing on March 4, 2021. A leading Senate Democrat has raised concerns about a provision in the Capitol security bill that would house a proposed rapid response force within the D.C. National Guard.

$1.9B Capitol security bill passes House; bipartisan talks likely

By Jennifer Shutt and Katherine Tully-McManus
Posted May 20, 2021 at 12:38pm, Updated at 3:22pm
Texas Rep. Kay Granger has voiced frustration that Democrats are moving forward on a bill without Republican backing and without any agreement on the costs of security needs.

GOP highlights objections to Capitol security supplemental

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted May 18, 2021 at 12:36pm, Updated at 3:56pm
Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., speaks during a news conference in the Capitol on April 15, 2021.

$1.9B Capitol security supplemental headed to House floor

By Jennifer Shutt, Chris Marquette and Katherine Tully-McManus
Posted May 14, 2021 at 1:44pm, Updated at 4:46pm
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., participates in a TV news interview in the Russell Senate Office Building on Tuesday, May 11, 2021. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

CQ Budget: Infrastructure week, again

By David Lerman, Jennifer Shutt and Thomas McKinless
Posted May 14, 2021 at 11:59am
President Joe Biden meets in the Oval Office Thursday with a group of Republican senators including Sen. Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia, right.

White House to release full fiscal 2022 budget request May 27

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted May 13, 2021 at 3:38pm
A member of a security detail stands guard outside the Senate Appropriations Committee room in the Capitol on July 21, 2020.

Earmarked accounts in Senate won’t overlap cleanly with House

By Jennifer Shutt and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted May 13, 2021 at 7:00am
President Joe Biden removes his face mask before addressing a joint session of Congress, as Vice President Kamala Harris and Speaker Nancy Pelosi look on.

Biden goes even bigger on spending

By Jennifer Shutt, David Lerman and Evan Campbell
Posted April 30, 2021 at 11:54am
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., said it would be easier for the Senate to proceed without member-directed spending in an upcoming highway transportation bill.

Sen. Capito says she wants no earmarks in upcoming highway bill

By Jessica Wehrman and Jennifer Shutt
Posted April 29, 2021 at 8:05am
House Energy-Water Appropriations ranking member Mike Simpson says appropriators don't yet know exactly how they'll determine which projects receive funding.

Earmark requests headed for scrutiny as deadline approaches

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted April 29, 2021 at 5:30am
Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vt., looks out at the National Mall from the speaker’s balcony at the Capitol on March 10, 2021.

Leahy tees up return of earmarks in Senate spending bills

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted April 26, 2021 at 4:46pm
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., is seen during a Senate vote in the Capitol on Thursday, March 25, 2021.

Senate Republicans push $568 billion counteroffer on infrastructure

By Jennifer Shutt, David Lerman and Evan Campbell
Posted April 23, 2021 at 11:58am
Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., is seen in the Senate carriage of the Capitol during a vote on March 11, 2021.

Senate GOP conference upholds earmarks ‘ban’

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted April 21, 2021 at 4:37pm, Updated at 5:59pm
Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., proposed a two-step strategy that combines both a bipartisan approach and use of budget reconciliation for passing the Biden administration's $2 trillion infrastructure plan.

Democrats torn over strategy for passing $2T infrastructure plan

By Jennifer Shutt, David Lerman and Evan Campbell
Posted April 16, 2021 at 12:14pm