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Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins, R-Maine, at right, and ranking Democrat Patty Murray of Washington have been unable to approve spending bills in committee this year.

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Congress punts on big issues

CQ Budget, Episode No. 404

By Jason Dick and David Lerman
Posted September 4, 2026 at 7:09pm

Senate Budget Chairman Ron Johnson, R-Wis., conceded he lacked the votes to take up a budget resolution on the floor before the August recess.

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Unfinished business

By Paul M. Krawzak, Aris Folley and David Lerman
Posted August 10, 2026 at 6:02pm
Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins, R-Maine, secured a bipartisan stopgap spending agreement.

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Senate funding patch secured

By Aidan Quigley, Aris Folley and David Lerman
Posted August 3, 2026 at 5:08pm
Senate GOP leaders want to focus on passing a stopgap funding measure while President Donald Trump seeks action on voting restrictions.

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Funding patch expands

By Aidan Quigley, Paul M. Krawzak and David Lerman
Posted July 27, 2026 at 3:07pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., will have to convince restive conservatives to back a budget resolution and a continuing resolution.

House spending push

By Aris Folley, Jacob Fulton and Aidan Quigley
Posted July 20, 2026 at 5:39pm
The death of Senate Budget Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., creates a vacancy in a key post as Republicans try to pass a third reconciliation bill.

New push on reconciliation 3.0

By Aidan Quigley, Paul M. Krawzak and David Lerman
Posted July 13, 2026 at 7:16pm
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., has been holding up House business in pursuit of voting restrictions.

Leadership test in House

By Aidan Quigley, Aris Folley and David Lerman
Posted June 29, 2026 at 6:18pm
Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins, R-Maine, faces a myriad of obstacles as she tries to get the fiscal 2027 spending process underway.

Spending split

By Aidan Quigley and Aris Folley
Posted June 23, 2026 at 5:37pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., wants to add voter identification legislation to a third reconciliation bill.

Reconciliation 3.0 hurdles

By Aidan Quigley, Paul M. Krawzak and David Lerman
Posted June 15, 2026 at 2:53pm
Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., at right, and Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y., are pushing a bipartisan bill to ban payouts from a Justice Department fund.

At the finish line

By Aris Folley, Paul M. Krawzak and David Lerman
Posted June 8, 2026 at 4:34pm