New year’s outlook for reconciliation package and appropriations

Podcasts

New year’s outlook for reconciliation package and appropriations

CQ Budget, Ep. 227

Sen. Joe Manchin III, D-W.Va., arrives in the Capitol for a vote on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

By David Lerman, Jennifer Shutt and Evan Campbell

Posted January 7, 2022 at 12:06pm

CQ Roll Call’s Jennifer Shutt and David Lerman look ahead to negotiations around the roughly $2 trillion reconciliation package and appropriations season.

Show Notes:

Democrats look to new year to pass tax and spending package
Senate clears procedural debt limit measure
So much to do, so little time
At last, House passes massive reconciliation package
Will the reconciliation bill pass soon?

Recent Stories

President Donald Trump participates in a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new helipad on the South Lawn of the White House on Sept. 21.

Court challenges mount over Trump’s funding clawback

Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., right, holds a sign while Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., questions former special counsel Jack Smith during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in the Hart Senate Office Building on September 29, 2026.

Schmitt show — Congressional Hits and Misses

Sen. Darline Graham, R-S.C., poses for photos with Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., and a supporter wearing a hat and necklace made of okra before the start of the Lexington Health Irmo Okra Strut Parade in Irmo, S.C., on Saturday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week | September 25-October 1, 2026

Republican Rep. Derek Schmidt, here at the Capitol in September, represents Kansas' 2nd District, a new Democratic target.

House Democrats grow more bullish about midterms as target list expands

The Supreme Court is pictured Sept. 15. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Guns, voting and immigration on deck for Supreme Court

The presidential limo known as "The Beast" rolls into the factory floor as President Donald Trump visits the Peterbilt Motors truck plant in Denton, Texas, on Thursday.