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Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., was the lone Senate holdout on aid for Ukraine, pushing the measure to next week.

Senate fumbles on Ukraine aid

By David Lerman and Peter Cohn
Posted May 13, 2022 at 2:06pm
The latest episode of CQ Budget takes a look at some of the pieces complicating aid measures for Ukraine and COVID-19.

Aid package puzzle

By David Lerman and Lindsey McPherson
Posted May 6, 2022 at 1:50pm
The Ukrainian flag is raised by demonstrators outside the Russian Embassy in Washington on Feb. 27. Additional aid to Ukraine is mired in a congressional funding fight.

Aid quandary for Congress

By David Lerman and Peter Cohn
Posted April 29, 2022 at 1:35pm
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