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Copies of President Donald Trump’s budget for fiscal year 2020 are prepared for distribution at the Government Publishing Office in Washington on Thursday, March 7, 2019. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

CQ Roll Call Analysis: Lower spending, deficits partially due to budget control law

By Peter Cohn and David Lerman
Posted August 12, 2019 at 10:24am
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.,  announces at an Aug. 1, 2019 press conference that Senate Democrats will push to repeal a Treasury Department and IRS rule, which goes into effect Aug. 11, 2019. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Two tax battles await Congress in September

By David Lerman, Peter Cohn and Toula Vlahou
Posted August 5, 2019 at 3:28pm
Boxes containing President Donald Trump’s budget request for fiscal year 2019 are unpacked by staff in the House Budget Committee hearing room on Monday morning, Feb. 12, 2018. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

What the two-year budget deal means for federal spending

By David Lerman, Meredith Roaten, Micaela Rodríguez, Paul M. Krawzak and Toula Vlahou
Posted July 29, 2019 at 4:06pm
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., left, and Senate Appropriations Chairman Richard Shelby, R-Ala., are two key players in how the chamber will deal with fiscal year 2020 spending. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Why there’s no Senate spending plan as deadline nears

By David Lerman and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted July 8, 2019 at 5:20pm
Rep. Tom Graves, R-Ga., succeeded in passing a Motion to Recommit that supported sanctions against Iran. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Financial Services bill loaded with hot-button issues may signal trouble ahead

By David Lerman, Jim Saksa and Toula Vlahou
Posted July 1, 2019 at 11:31am
Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., who wants to extend fully refundable child tax credit to lower-income households, has long complained that the GOP's quick passage of the 2017 tax overhaul led to errors. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

The Democrats’ tax package explained

By David Lerman, Doug Sword and Toula Vlahou
Posted June 24, 2019 at 3:39pm
House Budget Chairman John Yarmuth, D-Ky., said Democrats would be open to a one-year spending deal, but acknowledged it might create problems for getting another deal during an election year. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call file photo)

The politics behind spending limit negotiations

By David Lerman and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted June 17, 2019 at 3:16pm
Keith Hall, the former director of the Congressional Budget Office, wants Congress to deal with the rising deficit and faulted the process Republicans followed to repeal Obamacare. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call File Photo)

Ex-CBO director knocks GOP on Obamacare and Congress for rising deficits

By David Lerman, Paul M. Krawzak and Toula Vlahou
Posted June 3, 2019 at 3:23pm
Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, left, listens during the House Oversight and Reform Committee markup on April 2, 2019. Roy blocked the disaster aid package from passing in the House Friday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

House to consider disaster aid again after GOP Rep. Roy deals setback

By David Lerman and Jennifer Shutt
Posted May 28, 2019 at 9:19am
U.S. Marine Corps F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters from Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla. fly off the coast of Northwest Fla. May 15, 2013, off the coast of Northwest Florida. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Donald R. Allen/Released)

Taliban money and fighter jets at issue in Pentagon’s $690 billion bill

By David Lerman, John M. Donnelly and Toula Vlahou
Posted May 20, 2019 at 1:41pm