Skip to content
RollCall logo

Podcasts

Appropriations sprint begins

CQ Budget, Episode No. 320

House Appropriations Chairman Tom Cole, R-Okla., is spending millions of dollars to fend off a primary challenger with deep pockets.
House Appropriations Chairman Tom Cole, R-Okla., is spending millions of dollars to fend off a primary challenger with deep pockets. (Bill Clark/ CQ Roll Call)
By David Lerman and Aidan Quigley
Posted June 3, 2024 at 4:20pm

House leaders begin a two-month sprint this week to move all 12 of their GOP-backed fiscal 2025 spending bills across the floor before the August recess. CQ Roll Call’s David Lerman and Aidan Quigley assess the obstacles to that goal, the potential impact of Donald Trump’s felony convictions, and the primary election threat facing the new House Appropriations Committee chairman.

Show Notes:

Recent Stories

Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., arrives for a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on May 19.

Before the final midterm whistle, Senate spends time on sports

Elbridge Colby, undersecretary of Defense for policy, testifies during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing in the Hart Senate Office Building on March 3.

Pentagon official’s ‘contemptuous’ briefing sparks bipartisan ire

Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., made an appearance on Capitol Hill in October 2023 to testify at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing. Kyl's family announced his death Thursday.

Former Arizona Republican Sen. Jon Kyl dies at 84

Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, is seen in the Capitol on June 23, 2026. He sought quick passage of the data centers bill. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Ratepayer bill aimed at data center buildout blocked in Senate

At the Races: AI voted?

Sens. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., right, and Tim Kaine, D-Va., conduct a news conference in the Capitol on Jan. 8 (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

NIL bill foes likely out of timeouts as it clears second procedural hurdle