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Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., walks through the Senate subway after a vote on Thursday, September 8, 2022. He's opposed to energy project permitting legislation that's being readied for the stopgap bill.

Obstacles to stopgap funding

By David Lerman, Lindsey McPherson and Aidan Quigley
Posted September 9, 2022 at 2:19pm
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., arrives for a Senate vote in the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, August, 4, 2022.

A win for Democrats

By David Lerman, Laura Weiss and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted August 18, 2022 at 3:33pm
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., checks her watch as she leaves her hideaway office to go vote in the Capitol on Tuesday, August 2.

Democrats unite

By David Lerman and Peter Cohn
Posted August 5, 2022 at 12:56pm
Sen. Joe Manchin III announced a surprise agreement this week to add climate and tax provisions to a reconciliation package the West Virginia Democrat had previously shunned.

Joe Manchin’s 180

By David Lerman, Lindsey McPherson and Laura Weiss
Posted July 29, 2022 at 1:43pm
Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Chair Maria Cantwell holds a semiconductor during a hearing in March.

Microchips and drug pricing

By David Lerman, Aidan Quigley and Lauren Clason
Posted July 22, 2022 at 1:57pm
West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin III said he won't support climate spending and tax increases in Democrats’ economic spending package.

‘Build Back Better’ unravels

By David Lerman, Lindsey McPherson and Laura Weiss
Posted July 15, 2022 at 1:51pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, left, and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell attend a ceremony on June 8 to announce the renaming of Senate rooms in the Capitol after former Sens. Barbara Mikulski and Margaret Chase Smith.

Crunch time for the Democratic agenda

By David Lerman and Peter Cohn
Posted July 8, 2022 at 1:10pm
House Armed Services Chairman Adam Smith conducts a hearing in May 2021.

Military budget set to swell

By Peter Cohn and John M. Donnelly
Posted June 24, 2022 at 1:34pm
Chairman Jack Reed, left, and ranking member Sen. James M. Inhofe are seen at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing in 2021. Disputes in the panel over defense spending could stall appropriations.

Defense spending battle lines

By David Lerman and Peter Cohn
Posted June 17, 2022 at 1:48pm
From right, House Appropriations Chair Rosa DeLauro and Reps. Barbara Lee and Katherine Clark are pictured during a committee hearing in the Rayburn Building on March 31.

Appropriations kickoff

By David Lerman and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted June 10, 2022 at 12:25pm