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 Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., right, and Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, conclude a news conference after the Republican Senate Policy luncheon in the Capitol on February 13, 2018. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Podcast: Children’s Insurance Program Sparks Divisions in Rescission Package

By David Lerman and Jennifer Shutt
Posted May 14, 2018 at 10:31am
House Appropriations Chairman Rodney Frelinghuysen, R-N.J., prepares for final appropriations work before he retires. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Podcast: First House Spending Bills Address #MeToo, Marijuana, Gitmo and More

By Jennifer Shutt, Kellie Mejdrich and Katherine Tully-McManus
Posted May 7, 2018 at 10:26am
Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., says he wants to work with the Senate to pass spending bills.(Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Podcast: Spending Bill Strategy

By David Lerman and Jennifer Shutt
Posted April 30, 2018 at 11:38am
House Agriculture Chairman K. Michael Conaway, R-Texas, at podium, introduces the farm bill at a news conference on Thursday. Flanking him, from left, Reps. Neal Dunn, R-Fla., James R. Comer, R-Ky., Scott DesJarlais, R-Tenn., Glenn Thompson, R-Pa., Roger Marshall, R-Kan., Ralph Abraham, R-La., Bob Gibbs, R-Ohio, and Rick W. Allen, R-Ga. (Ellyn Ferguson/CQ Roll Call)

Podcast: GOP Farm Bill Targets Food Stamps, Heads for House Vote

By David Lerman and Ellyn Ferguson
Posted April 23, 2018 at 10:56am
Next year's tax obligations under the new law could surprise some taxpayers if they don't act this year. 

Podcast: Pitfalls Under New Tax Law

By David Lerman and Peter Cohn
Posted April 16, 2018 at 10:15am
President Donald Trump and his administration are discussing a process with House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy that could allow Republicans to rescind some funds they recently approved in the bipartisan omnibus spending bill. Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo

Podcast: Back to the Future for the 2018 Spending Bill

By David Lerman and Peter Cohn
Posted April 9, 2018 at 12:28pm
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)

Podcast: The GOP’s About-Face on Deficits

By David Lerman and Ryan McCrimmon
Posted April 2, 2018 at 10:31am
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., secured a lot of Democratic priorities in the $1.3 trillion fiscal 2018 appropriations bill. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Podcast: Fiscal 2019 Holds Same Old Problems

By David Lerman and Jennifer Shutt
Posted March 26, 2018 at 10:53am
Frelinghuysen wants a deal on fiscal 2018 spending caps before Dec. 22. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Podcast: Top Appropriators Seek Hometown Cash as Shutdown Threat Nears

By David Lerman, Kellie Mejdrich and Ryan McCrimmon
Posted March 19, 2018 at 11:10am
Former House Appropriations Chairman Harold Rogers expressed support for an omnibus, 12-bill approach. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call File Photo)

Podcast: Abortion Rift Slows Spending Bill Progress

By David Lerman and Jennifer Shutt
Posted March 12, 2018 at 12:13pm