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Fiscal 2027 budget outlook

CQ Budget, Episode No. 385

The expected request by President Donald Trump, seen on March 17, for a 50 percent defense spending increase promises to complicate fiscal 2027 appropriations. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
The expected request by President Donald Trump, seen on March 17, for a 50 percent defense spending increase promises to complicate fiscal 2027 appropriations. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
By Aidan Quigley, Aris Folley and David Lerman
Posted March 23, 2026 at 4:25pm

President Donald Trump is preparing to send Congress a fiscal 2027 budget request, even as lawmakers try to find a deal on this year’s Homeland Security funding and consider a potential supplemental funding package for the Iran war. CQ Roll Call’s Aidan Quigley, Aris Folley and David Lerman assess the fiscal and political pressures shaping the upcoming budget cycle.

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