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Fog surrounds the Capitol dome on the morning of March 18, 2022. Congress faces a heavy legislative agenda when it returns after the April recess.

Unfinished fiscal agenda

By David Lerman and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted April 15, 2022 at 1:40pm
Migrants caught crossing the U.S.-Mexico border are loaded into a transport van by Border Patrol agents in Sunland Park, N.M., on July 22, 2021. A fight over ending the Title 42 expulsion policy derailed a bipartisan deal in the Senate this week on COVID-19 aid.

Pandemic aid package derailed

By David Lerman and Aidan Quigley
Posted April 8, 2022 at 1:19pm
Shalanda Young, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, discusses President Joe Biden’s fiscal year 2023 budget at a House Budget Committee hearing on March 29, 2022.

Partisan fiscal clash resumes

By David Lerman and Peter Cohn
Posted April 1, 2022 at 12:49pm
President Joe Biden will release his 2023 budget request on Monday.

What to expect in the Biden administration budget

By David Lerman and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted March 25, 2022 at 12:31pm
The IRS building is seen in 2018. Lawmakers are preparing several tax-related measures in coming months.

Tax breaks percolating

By David Lerman and Laura Weiss
Posted March 18, 2022 at 12:02pm
Speaker Nancy Pelosi holds her weekly news conference in the Capitol on March 9, 2022. Congress passed the massive spending bill this week.

Omnibus spending deal done

By David Lerman and Lindsey McPherson
Posted March 11, 2022 at 12:03pm
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Speaker Nancy Pelosi have some key decisions to make on fiscal 2022 spending.

Countdown to a spending deal

By David Lerman and Peter Cohn
Posted March 4, 2022 at 1:28pm
A worker uses an asphalt roller to pave Maryland Avenue Northeast in Capitol Hill on Oct. 4, 2021.

What’s happening with infrastructure spending?

By David Lerman, Jessica Wehrman, Peter Cohn and Evan Campbell
Posted February 11, 2022 at 11:41am
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Speaker Nancy Pelosi talk in the Capitol on Tuesday as they leave a meeting with other congressional Democrats on government funding. The current continuing resolution expires on Feb. 18th

Two weeks and counting

By David Lerman and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted February 4, 2022 at 12:26pm
Sen. Joe Manchin has been

Budget priorities clash in coming months

By David Lerman, Lindsey McPherson and Evan Campbell
Posted January 28, 2022 at 12:56pm