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Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, D-Pa., right, pushed to make a House whistleblower resolution identical to the one the Senate passed. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Whistleblower complaint delivered to Intel committees, House still votes for its release

By Katherine Tully-McManus and Kellie Mejdrich
Posted September 25, 2019 at 4:08pm
Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., speaks with reporters in the Senate subway on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Averting a government shutdown

By David Lerman, Evan Campbell and Kellie Mejdrich
Posted September 23, 2019 at 2:54pm
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., departs from a press conference at the Capitol in Washington on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019. The House passed an interim funding bill Thursday afternoon, extending appropriations through Nov. 21. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

House passes temporary funding bill; Senate vote next week

By Kellie Mejdrich
Posted September 19, 2019 at 3:37pm
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., walks down the House steps after a vote on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019. House Democrats unveiled a stopgap spending bill after ironing out last-minute disagreements. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

House stopgap bill would fund farm payments, health programs

By Kellie Mejdrich
Posted September 18, 2019 at 8:51pm
North Carolina Highway 12 leading onto Hatteras Island is covered with sand after Hurricane Dorian hit the area on Sept. 6. The draft stopgap spending bill being circulated by Democrats would accommodate a White House request to speed up disaster relief spending for Dorian cleanup as other tropical disturbances still threaten. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Draft stopgap would protect Ukraine aid, deny wall flexibility

By Kellie Mejdrich
Posted September 11, 2019 at 2:33pm
Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., left, and Roy Blunt, R-Mon., are seen during a Senate Appropriations Committee markup in June. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Can Congress avoid a shutdown?

By David Lerman and Kellie Mejdrich
Posted September 9, 2019 at 3:59pm
A member of the US military unfurls the new US Space Command flag alongside US President Donald Trump, US Vice President Mike Pence (2nd L) and US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper during an event establishing the US Space Command in the Rose Garden of the White House on August 29, 2019. Trump’s administration is seeking authorization within the Pentagon for the Space Development Agency to help purchase equipment, including for the so-called Space Force. (SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images).

White House asks Congress to fund Dubai expo, farmer payouts

By Kellie Mejdrich
Posted September 3, 2019 at 5:38pm
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, pictured at his Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing, argued this week against the funding rescissions. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Trump pulls plug on foreign aid cuts amid blowback

By Kellie Mejdrich
Posted August 22, 2019 at 1:57pm
President Donald Trump's administration could send Congress a proposal to cancel $4 billion in foreign aid funding in the coming days. (Zach Gibson/Getty Images)

White House readies $4 billion foreign aid cuts package

By Kellie Mejdrich and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted August 16, 2019 at 9:26am
The White House has agreed to release certain State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) funding after it had been temporarily frozen. (Scott J. Ferrell/CQ Roll Call file photo)

White House lifts pause on State, USAID spending

By Kellie Mejdrich
Posted August 9, 2019 at 6:19pm
Rep. David Price, D-N.C., offered an amendment that would block the Department of Homeland Security's proposed "public charge" rule from going into effect. (File photo by Sarah Silbiger/CQ Roll Call)

‘Public charge’ rule creates Homeland spending bill headache

By Kellie Mejdrich
Posted August 7, 2019 at 2:02pm
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell leaves the Capitol on Tuesday for a Senate Republican’ policy lunch at the National Republican Senate Committee. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Senate inches toward Wednesday budget deal vote

By Kellie Mejdrich
Posted July 30, 2019 at 7:51pm
Empty chairs and a “quiet please” sign sit outside the Senate Committee on Appropriations hearing room in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Tuesday, July 30, 2019. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Not so fast, recess: Senate hurdles to late-summer departure

By Kellie Mejdrich
Posted July 30, 2019 at 11:51am
Yarmuth acknowledged a budget resolution may not happen next year either. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Budget caps, debt limit bill expected to pass House Thursday

By Kellie Mejdrich and Lindsey McPherson
Posted July 24, 2019 at 6:46pm
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., wants to clear the debt deal this week before the chamber departs for the August recess. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

What we know so far about the budget, debt limit deal

By David Lerman, Doug Sword, Kellie Mejdrich and Meredith Roaten
Posted July 22, 2019 at 4:36pm
Pelosi reiterated Tuesday her view that in addition to "parity" for nondefense and defense spending increases, funding should be added for Department of Veterans Affairs health care. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Pelosi, Mnuchin appear close to spending caps, debt limit deal

By Katherine Tully-McManus and Kellie Mejdrich
Posted July 17, 2019 at 9:22am
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is floating a fallback plan to pass a 30-day extension of the debt limit in the absence of a broader deal before the August recess. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

McCarthy pitches monthlong debt ceiling stopgap, if deal can’t be reached

By Kellie Mejdrich and Katherine Tully-McManus
Posted July 16, 2019 at 11:43am
Steven Mnuchin, left, President-elect Trump's nominee for Treasury secretary, arrives with Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, right, and Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., during Mnuchin's Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing in Dirksen Building, January 19, 2017. Mnuchin said Monday the White House and congressional leaders are “getting closer” to a deal on spending caps and the debt ceiling. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Mnuchin: Parties moving closer on debt limit, spending caps

By Kellie Mejdrich
Posted July 15, 2019 at 6:31pm
Senate appropriators, led by Chairman Richard Shelby, right, and Vice Chairman Patrick Leahy have held off on beginning their regular process of moving spending bills pending some agreement among the House, Senate and White House. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Tempers flare as leaders, White House fall short on spending deal

By David Lerman, Kellie Mejdrich and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted June 19, 2019 at 6:17pm
From left, Republicans Justin Amash, Chip Roy and Jim Jordan are seen during a House Oversight and Reform Committee markup on Wednesday. Roy was requiring the House to conduct roll call votes on noncontroversial amendments. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

House floor shenanigans punctuate start of spending season

By Lindsey McPherson and Kellie Mejdrich
Posted June 12, 2019 at 6:48pm
Rep. Norma Torres, D-Calif., referred to some GOP colleagues as "sex starved males" on the House floor, setting off a brief spat. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

‘Sex-starved males’ comment sets off House floor kerfuffle

By Kellie Mejdrich
Posted June 12, 2019 at 4:03pm
Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., speaks with reporters as she leaves the House Democrats’ caucus meeting in the Capitol on June 4, 2019. Jayapal co-sponsored a proposal to repeal the Hyde amendment. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Repeal of abortion funding ban won’t be part of spending debate, sponsor says

By Kellie Mejdrich and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted June 11, 2019 at 11:38am
Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., and chef Jose Andres talk after running into each other in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Thursday, May 23, 2019. Andres was on Capitol Hill for a briefing held by the Power 4 Puerto Rico Coalition, calling on Congress to help Puerto Rico achieve future growth and prosperity after the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria. On Thursday the Senate approved a $19.1 billion disaster aid deal which included $600 million in nutrition assistance to Puerto Rico to help restore funding that ran dry in March. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Senate passes long-stalled disaster aid bill with Trump support

By Jennifer Shutt and Kellie Mejdrich
Posted May 23, 2019 at 4:13pm
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., arrives for a news conference after the Republican Senate Policy Luncheon on May 14, 2019. On Thursday McConnell said on the Senate floor, that his colleagues need to come up with a disaster aid compromise “today, because one way or another the Senate is not leaving without taking action.” (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Senate to take one last shot at disaster, border aid bill

By Kellie Mejdrich and Jennifer Shutt
Posted May 23, 2019 at 11:40am
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., left, and Senate Appropriations Chairman Richard Shelby, R-Ala., are two key players in how the chamber will deal with fiscal year 2020 spending. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Disaster aid deal nears as White House presses border funds

By Jennifer Shutt and Kellie Mejdrich
Posted May 14, 2019 at 4:14pm
Relief for Puerto Rico after deadly hurricanes is among the issues hanging up a broader disaster aid package in Congress. (Angel Valentin/Getty Images)

Stalemate over disaster aid frustrates states

By David Lerman and Kellie Mejdrich
Posted May 13, 2019 at 2:03pm
Relief for Puerto Rico after deadly hurricanes is among the issues hanging up a broader disaster aid package in Congress. (Angel Valentin/Getty Images)

House passes plus-upped disaster aid package

By Kellie Mejdrich
Posted May 10, 2019 at 12:32pm
Wisconsin Rep. Mark Pocan seemed understanding of the trade-offs made to get to the spending deal but said he wanted to read the bill text first before deciding on his vote. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Progressive power play: Pentagon-level spending for nondefense programs

By David Lerman and Kellie Mejdrich
Posted April 15, 2019 at 12:02pm
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., is looking to put Obamacare and Democrats' defense of it front and center. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Democrats look to defend Obamacare with disaster aid amendment

By Kellie Mejdrich
Posted March 27, 2019 at 11:56am
Copies of President Donald Trump’s budget for Fiscal Year 2020 are prepared for distribution at the Government Publishing Office in Washington. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

How Congress might rewrite Trump’s budget

By David Lerman and Kellie Mejdrich
Posted March 19, 2019 at 12:36pm
Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Richard Shelby, R-Ala., left, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., conduct a news conference in February. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Disaster aid vote is expected after recess, but what’s in it is still in the works

By Kellie Mejdrich
Posted March 15, 2019 at 11:13am
Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Richard Shelby, R-Ala., talks with reporters before a meeting with Republican and Democratic negotiators on government spending on Monday, Feb. 11, 2019. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Puerto Rico aid among issues complicating disaster bill talks

By Kellie Mejdrich
Posted March 8, 2019 at 11:13am
Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Wash., says the trade war has led to some $96 million in losses to sweet cherry producers for the 2018 growing season. (Sarah Silbiger/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Disaster aid fix would open spigot for cherry growers

By Kellie Mejdrich
Posted March 8, 2019 at 5:03am
Perdue arrives in the Capitol for Senate policy luncheons. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Hunt is on for legislative train as riders get in line

By Kellie Mejdrich and Doug Sword
Posted February 27, 2019 at 11:26am
Boxes containing President Donald Trump’s budget request for FY2019 are unpacked by staff in the House Budget Committee hearing room, Feb. 12, 2018. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Trump’s 2020 budget to contain a big defense boost, and nondefense spending cuts

By Kellie Mejdrich
Posted February 25, 2019 at 4:48pm
Reporters follow Republican Sen. Richard Shelby, chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, as he leaves the meeting with House and Senate appropriators in an effort to revive spending talks and avert a second shutdown on Monday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Hill Leaders Await Trump Reaction to Spending Deal

By Kellie Mejdrich and John T. Bennett
Posted February 12, 2019 at 11:31am
Senate Appropriations Committee ranking member Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., speaks with the panel's chairman Richard Shelby, R-Ala. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Down to the wire amid setback in government funding talks

By David Lerman and Kellie Mejdrich
Posted February 11, 2019 at 1:22pm
Sens. Jon Tester, D-Mont., left, and Richard Shelby, R-Ala., attend a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing in Russell Building on nominations on July 26, 2018. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Border security talks stalled over detentions, second shutdown possible

By David Lerman and Kellie Mejdrich
Posted February 10, 2019 at 12:19pm
Barriers at the southern border. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images file photo)

Congress’ border wall funding emergency

By Jennifer Shutt and Kellie Mejdrich
Posted February 4, 2019 at 1:12pm
From left, Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., prepare for a news conference after the Senate Policy luncheons in the Capitol on Tuesday, January 29, 2019. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Top Democrats wary of attaching debt limit to wrap-up spending measure

By Kellie Mejdrich
Posted January 29, 2019 at 6:09pm
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., opposes legislative proposals to use automatic continuing resolutions to prevent future government shutdowns. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

2 key Democrats against legislation using automatic CRs to prevent shutdowns

By Lindsey McPherson and Kellie Mejdrich
Posted January 29, 2019 at 1:10pm
Federal workers and contractors, along with their unions, staged a protest calling for and end to the government shutdown, which ended Friday. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Congress looks to avert another shutdown

By Jennifer Shutt and Kellie Mejdrich
Posted January 28, 2019 at 1:03pm
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., holds her weekly on-camera press conference in the Capitol on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

House Democrats delay Homeland Security rollout

By Kellie Mejdrich
Posted January 25, 2019 at 9:35am
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., walks to the Senate Republicans' policy lunch in the Capitol on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Senate GOP turns to time-honored budget tradition to fund wall

By Kellie Mejdrich
Posted January 23, 2019 at 11:04am
Members of the Association of Flight Attendants participate in the National Air Traffic Controllers Association rally to “Stop the Shutdown” in front of the Capitol on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Shutdown could cost federal workers second paycheck

By Jennifer Shutt and Kellie Mejdrich
Posted January 22, 2019 at 1:02pm
Rep. Austin Scott, R-Ga., (left), is pushing for a disaster aid package. Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., opposes an amendment Democrats are preparing that he describes as an “exercise in futility. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Disaster aid bill could grow, block diversion of funds to wall

By Kellie Mejdrich
Posted January 16, 2019 at 11:15am
A sign outside of the Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum notifies visitors that all Smithsonian museums are closed due to the government shut down on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

How shutdown will sting across the board

By David Lerman and Kellie Mejdrich
Posted January 7, 2019 at 1:18pm
Illinois Democratic Sen. Richard J. Durbin couldn’t give a timetable on when the government would open back up: “I can’t say that we’re close because the president’s made it clear he doesn’t care.” (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

White House wants $7 billion more for DHS to fund wall

By David Lerman and Kellie Mejdrich
Posted January 7, 2019 at 11:16am
Incoming House Appropriations Chairwoman Rep. Nita M. Lowey criticized a package from the GOP last year that included $7.8 billion in disaster aid. Now Democrats have a chance to up that sum. (Sarah Silbiger/CQ Roll Call file photo)

GOP disaster aid leftovers reflect fresh chance for Democrats

By Kellie Mejdrich
Posted January 4, 2019 at 8:00am
House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., arrives back to the Capitol after a meeting at the White House about government funding on December 20, 2018. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

House Passes Trump-Backed Stopgap; Senate to Vote Again Friday

By Jennifer Shutt and Kellie Mejdrich
Posted December 20, 2018 at 8:28pm
Speaker Paul D. Ryan, R-Wis., and House Republicans are going with a stopgap government funding bill that includes money for a border wall. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

House GOP Takes Another Shot With Trump-Backed Stopgap

By Jennifer Shutt and Kellie Mejdrich
Posted December 20, 2018 at 7:06pm
Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., left, wants the president to veto the stopgap funding measure. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Trump to Huddle With House Republicans as Shutdown Situation Fluid

By Kellie Mejdrich and Jennifer Shutt
Posted December 20, 2018 at 11:00am
United States Postal Service employee Gloria Hinton participates in a rally in Washington in 2011. Over the last decade, mail volume has tanked but package delivery has become more important than ever. The White House is calling for a legislative overhaul, but conflict with Congress could get in the way. (Tom Williams/Roll Call file photo)

Postal Service Prayer: Deliver Us From Fiscal Doom

By Kellie Mejdrich
Posted December 20, 2018 at 5:05am
Senate Appropriations Chairman Richard C. Shelby, R-Ala., says he’s ready to take up a stopgap measure tiding lawmakers over until after Christmas, if that’s what it takes. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Unfinished Appropriations Work Piled High as Yuletide Awaits

By Kellie Mejdrich
Posted December 17, 2018 at 11:15am
House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady, R-Texas, hopes the chamber can still pass a tax package in the time before the 115th Congress ends. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

House GOP Tax Package Still In Limbo as Clock Winds Down

By Doug Sword and Kellie Mejdrich
Posted December 13, 2018 at 12:30pm
Senate Veterans Affairs Chairman Johnny Isakson remains bullish the Senate can pass the measure to make more Vietnam era veterans eligible for treatment for exposure to Agent Orange. (Sarah Silbiger/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Budget Scuffle Stalls ‘Blue Water’ Benefits for Vietnam Vets

By Kellie Mejdrich
Posted December 11, 2018 at 5:01am
President Donald Trump arrives back at the White House on Friday evening without taking reporters' questions. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images file photo)

Trump’s Christmas Wish List: Billions for Wildfire Suppression, Unaccompanied Children

By Jennifer Shutt, Kellie Mejdrich and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted December 10, 2018 at 9:21am
Barriers at the southern border. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images file photo)

Informal Nature of Border Wall Request Roils Spending Debate

By Kellie Mejdrich
Posted December 5, 2018 at 5:03am
Border Patrol vehicles stand guard along the United States-Mexico border fence in on Sunday, Aug. 10, 2014. The fence runs through the cities of Calexico, Calif., and Mexicali on the Mexico side. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

In Appropriations Endgame, All Roads Lead to Border Wall

By Kellie Mejdrich and Jennifer Shutt
Posted November 13, 2018 at 11:15am
Rep. Nita Lowey, D-N.Y., is expected to lead the House Appropriations Committee in the 116th Congress.  (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Democrat to Reshape Priorities on Spending Panel

By David Lerman and Kellie Mejdrich
Posted November 13, 2018 at 9:49am
(Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Fiscal Year Ends With Unclear Path for Government Funding

By David Lerman and Kellie Mejdrich
Posted September 24, 2018 at 10:32am
Senator Patrick J. Toomey, R-Pa., is a lonely voice in opposition to the way CHIP funds are being used. (Meredith Dake-O’Connor/CQ Roll Call file photo)

How Congress Made CHIP a Budgetary Boondoggle

By Kellie Mejdrich
Posted September 24, 2018 at 5:04am
Remarks by Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vt., on bringing back earmarks echo similar ones expressed by House Minority Leader Steny H. Hoyer, D-Md., last week. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Leahy Endorses Return of Spending Bill Earmarks

By Kellie Mejdrich
Posted September 17, 2018 at 5:04am

Hurdles to Passing Spending Bills

By David Lerman and Kellie Mejdrich
Posted September 4, 2018 at 2:15pm
Rep. Mick Mulvaney, R-S.C., nominee to be director of the Office of Management and Budget, is sworn in during his Senate Budget Committee confirmation hearing in Dirksen Building, January 24, 2017. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

CFPB Student Loan Ombudsman Resigns, Blasts Mulvaney

By Kellie Mejdrich
Posted August 27, 2018 at 5:01pm
Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., and ranking member Patty Murray, D-Wash., could lead debate on education policy. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Senators Rebuke Trump on Education Funding: Podcast

By David Lerman and Kellie Mejdrich
Posted August 20, 2018 at 10:10am
Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos isn’t seeing eye to eye with Senate appropriators on education priorities. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Education Funding, Eaten Up by Pell Grants, Once Again on Menu

By Kellie Mejdrich
Posted August 16, 2018 at 5:04am
Sen. Patty Murray criticized the Education Department proposal as turning its back on students and pushing costs to taxpayers. (Sarah Silbiger/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Education Department’s ‘Gainful Employment’ Repeal Carries High Price Tag

By Kellie Mejdrich
Posted August 14, 2018 at 5:03am
Appropriations Chairman Richard Shelby, R-Ala., speaks with reporters last month. The Senate is expected to return this week and begin considering a roughly $857 billion fiscal 2019 spending package. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Spending Bonanza Heads to Senate Floor: Podcast

By David Lerman and Kellie Mejdrich
Posted August 13, 2018 at 10:12am
A firefighting helicopter drops water on a wildfire.

California Wildfires Headed to Capitol Hill

By Jeremy Dillon and Kellie Mejdrich
Posted August 13, 2018 at 9:36am
Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., the number three-ranking Republican in the Senate, said he wasn't sure where the president is coming from when it comes to border wall shutdown threats. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Top GOP Leader ‘Not Sure’ Where Trump is ‘Coming From’ on Shutdown Threat

By Kellie Mejdrich
Posted July 30, 2018 at 6:29pm
White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow says the Trump administration will lower the deficit despite projections that suggest otherwise. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images file photo)

Kudlow: Trump Administration Will Lower Deficit Despite Projections

By Kellie Mejdrich
Posted July 29, 2018 at 11:22am
Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., doesn’t want federal funds going to the development of crickets as a food source. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Crickets on the Chopping Block in Senate Spending Bill

By Kellie Mejdrich
Posted July 25, 2018 at 4:59pm
Rep. Tom O’Halleran, D-Ariz., is among the most vulnerable Democratic incumbents this midterm cycle. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Do-Nothing Amendments Give Lawmakers Bragging Opportunity About Successes

By Kellie Mejdrich
Posted July 23, 2018 at 9:58am
A Veterans Affairs hospital in Phoenix. (Christian Petersen/Getty Images file photo)

Podcast: New Costs for Veterans Health Slow Spending Bill Progress

By David Lerman and Kellie Mejdrich
Posted July 16, 2018 at 9:50am
Oklahoma Rep. Tom Cole says it was “just not helpful to turn a funding bill into a debate over gun control.” (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

$177.1 Billion Labor-HHS-Education Moves Forward With Family Separation Changes

By Andrew Siddons and Kellie Mejdrich
Posted July 12, 2018 at 9:27am
Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, joined all the Appropriation Committee’s Republicans in backing language overturning the Flores agreement in a Wednesday markup. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

House Appropriators Back Indefinite Detention of Migrant Kids

By Andrew Siddons and Kellie Mejdrich
Posted July 11, 2018 at 3:24pm
President Donald Trump outlines his plan to lower the price of prescription drugs during a speech in the White House Rose Garden in May 2018. (Sarah Silbiger/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Trump’s Trade Policies Get a Senate Slapdown

By Kellie Mejdrich and Jennifer Shutt
Posted July 11, 2018 at 2:50pm
Chairman Richard Shelby, R-Ala., left, and Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., talk before a Senate Appropriations Committee markup June 7, 2018. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Podcast: How the Summer Spending Stretch Is Shaping Up

By Jennifer Shutt, Kellie Mejdrich and Ryan McCrimmon
Posted July 9, 2018 at 10:58am
 Senate Appropriations Chairman Richard Shelby, R-Ala., hopes to pass the first three fiscal 2019 spending bills this week. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Podcast: Unexpected Spending Trips Appropriators

By David Lerman and Kellie Mejdrich
Posted June 25, 2018 at 10:35am
Chairman Richard Shelby, R-Ala., left, and Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., talk before a Senate Appropriations Committee markup June 7, 2018. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Podcast: Will a Minibus Rescue Hill’s GOP?

By David Hawkings and Kellie Mejdrich
Posted June 12, 2018 at 2:22pm
 Senate Appropriations Chairman Richard Shelby, R-Ala., hopes to pass the first three fiscal 2019 spending bills this week. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

House Passes ‘Minibus’ Over Democratic Objections

By Kellie Mejdrich and Jeremy Dillon
Posted June 8, 2018 at 1:15pm
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt faced some hard questions when he appeared before a Senate subcommittee on Wednesday. (Photo By Sarah Silbiger/CQ Roll Call)

EPA’s Pruitt Faces Bipartisan Criticism at Senate Spending Panel

By Kellie Mejdrich
Posted May 16, 2018 at 3:41pm
House Appropriations Chairman Rodney Frelinghuysen, R-N.J., prepares for final appropriations work before he retires. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Podcast: First House Spending Bills Address #MeToo, Marijuana, Gitmo and More

By Jennifer Shutt, Kellie Mejdrich and Katherine Tully-McManus
Posted May 7, 2018 at 10:26am
Senate Appropriations Chairman Richard C. Shelby says he’s aligned with the president in not wanting another massive omnibus spending bill. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Election Year History Belies Ambitious Talk on Appropriations

By Kellie Mejdrich
Posted April 23, 2018 at 5:04am
Rep. Morgan Griffith of Virginia, shown here in 2015, proposed a Holman rule amendment in July that aimed to slash a section of the Congressional Budget Office. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

House GOP Renews ‘Holman Rule’ Targeting Federal Pay

By Kellie Mejdrich
Posted March 20, 2018 at 5:00pm
Speaker Paul D. Ryan, R-Wisc., left, and House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., arrive to hold a press conference following the House Republican Conference meeting in the Capitol on Tuesday, March 20, 2018. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Lawmakers Push for Sexual Harassment Bill in Spending Package

By Kellie Mejdrich
Posted March 20, 2018 at 12:35pm
Frelinghuysen wants a deal on fiscal 2018 spending caps before Dec. 22. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Podcast: Top Appropriators Seek Hometown Cash as Shutdown Threat Nears

By David Lerman, Kellie Mejdrich and Ryan McCrimmon
Posted March 19, 2018 at 11:10am
Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran’s swan song as the outgoing chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee may be a $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo )

Departing Appropriations Chairmen Set to Reap Omnibus Bounty

By Kellie Mejdrich
Posted March 19, 2018 at 5:05am
Republican Rep. Walter B. Jones initially voted for, and then opposed, the 2003 Iraq war. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Porn Still Turning Up in the Federal Workplace Despite Ban

By Kellie Mejdrich
Posted March 7, 2018 at 5:04am
Vice President Mike Pence broke another tie Senate vote on Wednesday, his ninth. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Mike Pence Breaks Another Tie Senate Vote

By Kellie Mejdrich
Posted February 28, 2018 at 6:22pm
Storm clouds pass over the dome of the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 23, 2018. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Shutdown Begins After Midnight Deadline Passes

By Jennifer Shutt and Kellie Mejdrich
Posted February 8, 2018 at 11:57pm
Congress continued to lurch toward another government shutdown on Thursday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Budget Deal Facing Senate Slowdown, House Objections

By Jennifer Shutt and Kellie Mejdrich
Posted February 8, 2018 at 5:36pm
The late Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens, as Appropriations chairman, presided over 21 continuing resolutions in fiscal 2001. (CQ Roll Call file photo)

Five Continuing Resolutions? Par for the Course on Capitol Hill

By Jennifer Shutt and Kellie Mejdrich
Posted February 7, 2018 at 5:02am
Arizona Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva says budget and immigration talks should be split up. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

In Budget Talks, the ‘Dreamer’ Tail Wags the Spending Caps Dog

By Kellie Mejdrich and Jennifer Shutt
Posted January 31, 2018 at 5:01am
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., leaves the Senate floor in the Capitol after the chamber passed a continuing resolution to reopen the government on Monday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Senate Passes Three-Week CR to Reopen Federal Government

By Ryan McCrimmon and Kellie Mejdrich
Posted January 22, 2018 at 5:12pm
From left, Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., and Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., leave a meeting in Sen. Susan Collins’s office with other Senate moderates as they try to find a way to end the government shutdown on Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Bipartisan Group of Senators Hoping for Breakthrough on Shutdown

By Joe Williams and Kellie Mejdrich
Posted January 21, 2018 at 4:02pm
Speaker Paul D. Ryan, R-Wis., center, says conversations about earmarks are under way among lawmakers. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Return of the Earmark? If Trump Gets His Way, Yes

By Kellie Mejdrich
Posted January 9, 2018 at 3:40pm
Tourists file past the statue of George Washington in the Capitol Rotunda on Jan. 8. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Podcast: Unpacking This Year’s Version of the Budget Mess

By David Hawkings and Kellie Mejdrich
Posted January 9, 2018 at 1:36pm
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Podcast: Defense, Domestic Budget Increases Crucial for Long-Term Spending Deal

By David Lerman, Jennifer Shutt and Kellie Mejdrich
Posted December 11, 2017 at 10:28am