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Wisconsin Rep. Mark Pocan seemed understanding of the trade-offs made to get to the spending deal but said he wanted to read the bill text first before deciding on his vote. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Progressive power play: Pentagon-level spending for nondefense programs

By David Lerman and Kellie Mejdrich
Posted April 15, 2019 at 12:02pm
Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, speaks with reporters as he arrives for the Senate Republicans' lunch in the Capitol. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Grassley sees chance to pass infrastructure, drug price legislation

By David Lerman and Peter Cohn
Posted April 8, 2019 at 12:54pm
Democrats in the House may stall on a next step for President Donald Trump's 2020 budget proposal. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Divided Democrats may forgo a budget resolution

By David Lerman and Lindsey McPherson
Posted April 1, 2019 at 5:50pm
Leahy: higher costs, less money to go around in fiscal 2020, even if there's a caps deal. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

The Crime Victims Fund is not just for victims

By David Lerman and Doug Sword
Posted March 25, 2019 at 12:54pm
Copies of President Donald Trump’s budget for Fiscal Year 2020 are prepared for distribution at the Government Publishing Office in Washington. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Trump budget request triggers clash with Congress

By David Lerman and Doug Sword
Posted March 11, 2019 at 6:35pm
(Photo By Bill Clark/Roll Call)

Spending deal at mercy of Trump budget, debt limit and border money

By David Lerman and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted March 4, 2019 at 11:19am
More than a third of the money President Donald Trump wants to redirect from other federal programs to build a border barrier is likely to be unavailable from the sources he identified. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images file photo)

Breaking a trust to build the wall

By David Lerman and John M. Donnelly
Posted February 25, 2019 at 12:58pm
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection helicopter flies over a piece of border fence on Nov. 7 in Mission, Texas. (John Moore/Getty Images file photo)

Trump Ignites New Budget Fights by Targeting Pentagon Programs

By David Lerman and John M. Donnelly
Posted February 19, 2019 at 9:37am
Senate Appropriations Committee ranking member Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., speaks with the panel's chairman Richard Shelby, R-Ala. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Down to the wire amid setback in government funding talks

By David Lerman and Kellie Mejdrich
Posted February 11, 2019 at 1:22pm
Barriers at the southern border. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images file photo)

Congress’ border wall funding emergency

By Jennifer Shutt and Kellie Mejdrich
Posted February 4, 2019 at 1:12pm