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Senate Appropriations Chair Patty Murray, D-Wash., rejected attempts by House Republicans to seek lower spending limits.

Tumultuous appropriations cycle

By David Lerman and Aidan Quigley
Posted March 29, 2024 at 6:04pm
President Joe Biden, left, and Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., right, face an election-year clash over the president's fiscal 2025 budget.

Biden’s budget dissected

By David Lerman, Aidan Quigley, Caitlin Reilly and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted March 25, 2024 at 2:54pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is pushing to pass final fiscal 2024 appropriations despite protests from his party's right flank.

Dueling claims on new spending package

By David Lerman, Aidan Quigley and Peter Cohn
Posted March 4, 2024 at 5:13pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is facing stiff resistance from his party's right flank as he tries to negotiate spending bills.

Appropriations impasse

By David Lerman, Aidan Quigley and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted February 26, 2024 at 5:58pm
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is pushing for a war funding package that many in his conference have resisted.

War funding makes headway

By David Lerman and Peter Cohn
Posted February 12, 2024 at 4:50pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer hopes to assemble bipartisan support for swift passage of a border security and war funding package.

Border-war aid package on tortured path

By David Lerman, Mark Satter and Caitlin Reilly
Posted February 5, 2024 at 2:58pm
House Ways and Means chairman Jason Smith, center, faces blowback on his bipartisan tax package.

Appropriations breakthrough and tax bill uncertainty

By David Lerman, Aidan Quigley and Caitlin Reilly
Posted January 29, 2024 at 1:56pm
Senate Finance Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., is pushing to pass a tax deal by month's end.

Prospects for tax and border deals

By David Lerman, Caitlin Reilly and John M. Donnelly
Posted January 22, 2024 at 5:10pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, at left, and Speaker Mike Johnson, center, are trying to pass a short-term funding patch this week to head off a partial shutdown.

Under the gun

By David Lerman, Aidan Quigley and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted January 16, 2024 at 3:15pm
Speaker Mike Johnson faces blowback from his party's right flank over the new spending deal he negotiated.

Familiar spending deal

By David Lerman, Aidan Quigley and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted January 8, 2024 at 3:28pm