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Leahy: higher costs, less money to go around in fiscal 2020, even if there's a caps deal. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

The Crime Victims Fund is not just for victims

By David Lerman and Doug Sword
Posted March 25, 2019 at 12:54pm
Copies of President Donald Trump’s budget for Fiscal Year 2020 are prepared for distribution at the Government Publishing Office in Washington. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Trump budget request triggers clash with Congress

By David Lerman and Doug Sword
Posted March 11, 2019 at 6:35pm
(Photo By Bill Clark/Roll Call)

Spending deal at mercy of Trump budget, debt limit and border money

By David Lerman and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted March 4, 2019 at 11:19am
More than a third of the money President Donald Trump wants to redirect from other federal programs to build a border barrier is likely to be unavailable from the sources he identified. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images file photo)

Breaking a trust to build the wall

By David Lerman and John M. Donnelly
Posted February 25, 2019 at 12:58pm
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection helicopter flies over a piece of border fence on Nov. 7 in Mission, Texas. (John Moore/Getty Images file photo)

Trump Ignites New Budget Fights by Targeting Pentagon Programs

By David Lerman and John M. Donnelly
Posted February 19, 2019 at 9:37am
Senate Appropriations Committee ranking member Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., speaks with the panel's chairman Richard Shelby, R-Ala. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Down to the wire amid setback in government funding talks

By David Lerman and Kellie Mejdrich
Posted February 11, 2019 at 1:22pm
Barriers at the southern border. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images file photo)

Congress’ border wall funding emergency

By Jennifer Shutt and Kellie Mejdrich
Posted February 4, 2019 at 1:12pm
Federal workers and contractors, along with their unions, staged a protest calling for and end to the government shutdown, which ended Friday. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Congress looks to avert another shutdown

By Jennifer Shutt and Kellie Mejdrich
Posted January 28, 2019 at 1:03pm
Members of the Association of Flight Attendants participate in the National Air Traffic Controllers Association rally to “Stop the Shutdown” in front of the Capitol on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Shutdown could cost federal workers second paycheck

By Jennifer Shutt and Kellie Mejdrich
Posted January 22, 2019 at 1:02pm
The shutdown is now the longest in modern history. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Assessing the bleak options for ending the shutdown

By David Lerman and Doug Sword
Posted January 14, 2019 at 1:17pm