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UNITED STATES - AUGUST 15: The U.S. flag waves in front of the U.S. Capitol dome on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Congress faces narrow spending increase as VA health care costs balloon

By Micaela Rodríguez, Jennifer Shutt and David Lerman
Posted January 21, 2020 at 4:14pm
Basketball icon Kobe Bryant was remembered Monday as the Senate convened as a court of impeachment. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Previewing the appropriations process in 2020

By Micaela Rodríguez and David Lerman
Posted January 13, 2020 at 5:10pm
UNITED STATES - Rep. Nita Lowey, D-N.Y., leaves a meeting with Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., and Rep. Kay Granger, R-Texas, in the Capitol after agreeing to a spending deal. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Talking taxes 2020

By Jennifer Shutt, Evan Campbell and Doug Sword
Posted January 6, 2020 at 1:38pm
From left, Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., Rep. Nita Lowey, D-N.Y., Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., and Rep. Kay Granger, R-Texas, (not pictured) emerge from a meeting in the Capitol to announce a spending deal. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Year-end spending deal avoids government shutdown

By David Lerman, Evan Campbell and Peter Cohn
Posted December 17, 2019 at 1:31pm
UNITED STATES - JANUARY 23: Storm clouds pass over the dome of the U.S. Capitol building on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Lawmakers appear eager to reach year-end spending deal

By Micaela Rodríguez and David Lerman
Posted December 9, 2019 at 4:45pm
As technological innovations rapidly reshape the American economy, it’s time Congress took notice and brought itself up to speed, Grumet and Johnson write. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

The outlook for a year-end tax bill

By Micaela Rodríguez and David Lerman
Posted December 2, 2019 at 4:58pm
Fall leaves blanket the lawn on the east side of the Capitol on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Congress barreling toward agreement on stopgap funding measure, avoiding a shutdown before holiday

By Micaela Rodríguez and David Lerman
Posted November 18, 2019 at 3:31pm
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) talks with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) talks with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) at the Capitol on October 24, 2019. Schumer said Wednesday the White House, Senate and House met to hopefully kick-start spending talks. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)

Senate budget writers offer up a revamped budget process

By David Lerman, Kate Ackley and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted November 12, 2019 at 9:52am
Fall leaves blanket the lawn on the east side of the Capitol on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Congress struggles to agree on funding as November deadline looms

By Micaela Rodríguez and Jennifer Shutt
Posted November 4, 2019 at 4:59pm
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., conduct as a bill signing ceremony in the Capitol for the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Budget deficit nears the $1 trillion mark

By David Lerman and Evan Campbell
Posted October 28, 2019 at 4:59pm