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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
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