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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) talks with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) talks with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) at the Capitol on October 24, 2019. Schumer said Wednesday the White House, Senate and House met to hopefully kick-start spending talks. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)

Senate budget writers offer up a revamped budget process

By David Lerman, Kate Ackley and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted November 12, 2019 at 9:52am
Fall leaves blanket the lawn on the east side of the Capitol on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Congress struggles to agree on funding as November deadline looms

By Micaela Rodríguez and Jennifer Shutt
Posted November 4, 2019 at 4:59pm
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., conduct as a bill signing ceremony in the Capitol for the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Budget deficit nears the $1 trillion mark

By David Lerman and Evan Campbell
Posted October 28, 2019 at 4:59pm
Twitter locked out Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s campaign account. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Bipartisan cooperation put to the test in Senate

By Micaela Rodríguez, Evan Campbell and David Lerman
Posted October 21, 2019 at 5:47pm
Rep. Nita Lowey, D-N.Y., speaks with reporters as she leaves a House Democratic caucus meeting in the Capitol. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Power struggle begins atop the House Appropriations Committee

By David Lerman, Evan Campbell and Jennifer Shutt
Posted October 14, 2019 at 3:56pm
Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., speaks with reporters in the Senate subway on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Averting a government shutdown

By David Lerman, Evan Campbell and Kellie Mejdrich
Posted September 23, 2019 at 2:54pm
From left, Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Sens. Todd Young, R-Ind., and John Thune, R-S.D., conduct a news conference after the Senate Policy Luncheons in the Capitol on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Why partisan spending allocations spell trouble for the appropriations process

By David Lerman, Evan Campbell and Jennifer Shutt
Posted September 16, 2019 at 4:14pm
Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., left, and Roy Blunt, R-Mon., are seen during a Senate Appropriations Committee markup in June. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Can Congress avoid a shutdown?

By David Lerman and Kellie Mejdrich
Posted September 9, 2019 at 3:59pm
Barriers at the Rio Grande Valley sector of the border. (Photo by Jinitzail Hernández/CQ Roll Call)

Friction over diverted disaster aid ahead of Hurricane Dorian

By David Lerman, Evan Campbell, Tanvi Misra and Toula Vlahou
Posted September 3, 2019 at 10:28am
Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, leaves the Senate Republican Policy luncheon at the National Republican Senatorial Committee on Tuesday, July 30, 2019. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Tax cuts: Four flips in four days

By Evan Campbell
Posted August 26, 2019 at 5:00am