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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
Immigration rights demonstrators prepare to march from the White House to the Trump Hotel and the Justice Department to oppose President Trump's decision to end the DACA program for "dreamers" on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Podcast: The Policy Fights That Could Upend Final 2018 Spending Bill

By David Lerman and Ryan McCrimmon
Posted March 5, 2018 at 12:21pm
 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: Guns, Immigration Could Trip Up Long-Awaited 2018 Spending Plan

By David Lerman and Ryan McCrimmon
Posted February 26, 2018 at 2:32pm
Boxes containing the President Donald Trump’'s fiscal year 2019 budget request are unpacked by staff in the House Budget Committee hearing room on Monday morning. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Podcast: Trump Budget Could Conflict With Spending Plans

By Jennifer Shutt and Niels Lesniewski
Posted February 12, 2018 at 9:56am
Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., right, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., arrive for a news conference at the media center during the House and Senate Republican retreat at The Greenbrier resort in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va., on February 1, 2018. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Podcast: Another Stopgap Coming as Congress Readies to Spend, Spend, Spend

By David Lerman, Jennifer Shutt and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted February 5, 2018 at 10:28am
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks during the Senate Democrats press conference following the Senate Democrats' policy lunch. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Podcast: Hoping to Avoid Another Shutdown

By David Lerman and Jennifer Shutt
Posted January 29, 2018 at 10:22am