Skip to content
RollCall logo

Podcasts

Tumultuous appropriations cycle

CQ Budget, Episode No. 312

Senate Appropriations Chair Patty Murray, D-Wash., rejected attempts by House Republicans to seek lower spending limits.
Senate Appropriations Chair Patty Murray, D-Wash., rejected attempts by House Republicans to seek lower spending limits. (Bill Clark/ CQ Roll Call file photo)
By David Lerman and Aidan Quigley
Posted March 29, 2024 at 6:04pm

Fiscal 2024 appropriations came nearly six months late, left Republicans divided and bitter, triggered the ouster of a House speaker and put a new speaker on notice that his own ouster could come next. CQ Roll Call’s David Lerman and Aidan Quigley recap the drama of the just-completed appropriations cycle and assess what it means politically for a Ukraine aid package and fiscal 2025.

Show Notes:

Recent Stories

Massachusetts Rep. Seth Moulton, a Democratic candidate for Senate, greets people at a Latinos Unidos softball game in Lawrence, Mass., on Aug. 16. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Seth Moulton pushes for ‘new generation’ of leaders but clock is ticking

At the Races: No breaks for Dems

President Donald Trump waves the green flag to start the Freedom 250 Grand Prix in downtown Washington, D.C., on Sunday as first lady Melania Trump and Donald Trump Jr. look on. (Doug Mills/Getty Images)

After profane repost slamming GOP, Trump heads to Texas-sized fundraiser

Capitol Police have responded to multiple incidents involving weapons near the Capitol this year, including a guillotine spotted this week.

Man arrested with guillotine near Capitol told officers it was ‘the real deal’

Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., talks with reporters in the Capitol this month.

Cassidy says abortion pill makers turn blind eye to safety

CEO of Meta Platforms Mark Zuckerberg attends the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference at the Sun Valley Lodge on July 9 in Sun Valley, Idaho.

Kids law needed beyond Meta settlement, backers say