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Despite optimism around a bipartisan COVID-19 aid deal last week, familiar snags have cropped up around liability protections and state and local aid.

Bumps in the road for $908 billion bipartisan COVID-19 aid deal

By David Lerman, Jennifer Shutt and Evan Campbell
Posted December 8, 2020 at 12:49pm
Neera Tanden, Joe Biden's pick for White House budget director and CEO of the Center for American Progress, has come under fire from Senate Republicans for her rhetoric towards the Republican party in recent years.

Nominee for White House OMB, Neera Tanden, comes under fire by GOP

By David Lerman, Jennifer Shutt and Evan Campbell
Posted December 1, 2020 at 10:40am
Reps. Rosa DeLauro, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, and Marcy Kaptur are all running for chairwoman of the House Appropriations Committee.

Democrats eager to revive earmarks

By David Lerman, Jennifer Shutt and Evan Campbell
Posted November 24, 2020 at 11:49am
Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., expressed concerns that the even if Senate Republicans and House Democrats come to an agreement on a spending bill, President Trump may not sign it.

COVID-19 relief and omnibus spending bill face long odds

By David Lerman, Jennifer Shutt and Evan Campbell
Posted November 17, 2020 at 12:34pm
The unpredictability of President Trump makes this lame duck session particularly fraught for the appropriations process.

How the transition of power may affect spending

By Jennifer Shutt, Niels Lesniewski and Evan Campbell
Posted November 10, 2020 at 12:12pm
House Democrats will likely be tasked with drafting a budget resolution that sets a topline for discretionary spending for the first time in a decade, but the election results so far indicate that it will be a much tougher process than originally anticipated.

How will a strong showing from Republicans this election affect the budget process?

By Jennifer Shutt and Evan Campbell
Posted November 4, 2020 at 4:28pm
Whoever is in control of the Senate after the Nov. 3 elections will have a big impact on appropriations during the lame duck session and the next couple of years.

How the election may impact the spending process

By David Lerman, Jennifer Shutt and Evan Campbell
Posted October 27, 2020 at 12:28pm
Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to decide by Tuesday evening whether a bipartisan deal on COVID-19 relief can pass before the Nov. 3 elections, her spokesman said Monday.

Pre-election deadline looms for coronavirus aid deal

By David Lerman, Jennifer Shutt and Evan Campbell
Posted October 20, 2020 at 11:27am
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says the chamber will vote next week on a “skinny” coronavirus relief package, even as President Donald Trump pushes negotiators to “go big.”

Republicans and Trump at odds over coronavirus relief

By David Lerman, Jennifer Shutt and Evan Campbell
Posted October 13, 2020 at 2:13pm
Could Congress see the return of earmarks soon?

Could we see the return of earmarks?

By David Lerman, Jennifer Shutt and Evan Campbell
Posted October 6, 2020 at 11:55am