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Sen. Joe Manchin III, D-W. Va., is one of several moderate Democrats who want more details on the $3.5 trillion price tag for the budget reconciliation package.

Budget reconciliation package outline set at $3.5 trillion

By David Lerman, Jennifer Shutt and Evan Campbell
Posted July 16, 2021 at 12:36pm
There's uncertainty about how long the Treasury Department can continue paying the nation's bills if Congress doesn't vote on raising or suspending the debt limit before the August recess.

What awaits Congress before summer recess

By Jennifer Shutt, Niels Lesniewski and Evan Campbell
Posted July 9, 2021 at 12:42pm
President Joe Biden (C), joined by from left to right, Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH), Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) and Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), speaks after the bipartisan group of Senators reached a deal on an infrastructure package at the White House.

Bipartisan infrastructure plan reached

By David Lerman, Jennifer Shutt and Evan Campbell
Posted June 25, 2021 at 11:32am
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., flanked by Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., calls on a reporter for a question during the first post-pandemic press conference in the Ohio Clock Corridor on Tuesday, June 15, 2021. For the first time since the pandemic the Democrats weekly policy lunch was held in the Mansfield Room while the Republicans met in the LBJ Room.

Democrats go big with new spending proposal

By Jennifer Shutt, David Lerman and Evan Campbell
Posted June 18, 2021 at 12:20pm
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., has said he'd like to pass all 12 spending bills through the House before the August recess, setting up a flurry of activity on the House side that will likely have to be renegotiated with the Senate.

Spending season begins with uncertainty

By David Lerman, Jennifer Shutt and Evan Campbell
Posted June 11, 2021 at 11:57am
Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., promised “this is the last year” House spending bills will block federal funds from being used to pay for abortion as she prepared to take over as Chair of the House Appropriations Committee.

Appropriators prepare for abortion funding fight

By Jennifer Shutt, Sandhya Raman and Evan Campbell
Posted June 4, 2021 at 12:17pm
House Budget Chairman John Yarmuth said this week his budget resolution will “be an exercise in futility, because I don’t think we can get a defense number that all our members can vote for and we probably can’t get a nondefense number that all of our members will vote for.”

Looking ahead at a busy appropriations season

By Jennifer Shutt, David Lerman and Evan Campbell
Posted May 21, 2021 at 1:14pm
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., participates in a TV news interview in the Russell Senate Office Building on Tuesday, May 11, 2021. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

CQ Budget: Infrastructure week, again

By David Lerman, Jennifer Shutt and Thomas McKinless
Posted May 14, 2021 at 11:59am
Lawmakers are preparing for a busy appropriations season in the coming months.

Budget season preview

By David Lerman, Peter Cohn and Evan Campbell
Posted May 7, 2021 at 12:29pm
President Joe Biden removes his face mask before addressing a joint session of Congress, as Vice President Kamala Harris and Speaker Nancy Pelosi look on.

Biden goes even bigger on spending

By Jennifer Shutt, David Lerman and Evan Campbell
Posted April 30, 2021 at 11:54am