January 3 - 2010 Key House Vote: Funding for Afghanistan War |
January 3 - 2010 Key House Vote: Funding for F-35 Alternative Engine |
January 3 - 2010 Key House Vote: Medicaid and Education Assistance |
January 3 - 2010 Key House Vote: Supplemental Appropriations |
January 3 - 2010 Key Senate Vote: Debt Limit and Fiscal Task Force |
January 3 - 2010 Key Senate Vote: Discretionary Spending Caps |
January 3 - 2010 Key Senate Vote: Medicaid and Education Assistance |
January 10 - Gates' Budget Cuts Make GOP Squirm |
January 10 - Political Economy: Budget 101 |
January 10 - Top Issues for 2011: Debt Limit |
January 10 - Top Issues for 2011: Debt Limit at a Glance |
January 17 - Shooting Hinders Already Tight Schedule for Appropriators |
January 24 - House Spending Panels' New Leaders |
January 24 - Taking the Federal Debt Ceiling to Its Limit |
January 31 - House GOP Vows Sharp Cuts in Stopgap |
January 31 - No Region Left Uncut |
February 7 - Bracing for a Budget Battle |
February 7 - Keeping Cuts at Bay |
February 7 - Many New Faces in Key Senate Spending Positions |
February 14 - GOP Dissent Yields More Cuts |
February 14 - Political Economy: Baseline Blues |
February 21 - Ambitious Rail Plans Stun Lawmakers |
February 21 - Budget Proposal Avoids Making Tough Choices |
February 21 - Coast Guard: Fishing for Funding |
February 21 - Discretionary Spending is Easier to Trim Than Entitlements |
February 21 - GOP, Obama Reverse Roles on Pentagon |
February 21 - In America, No Taste for Budget Cuts |
February 21 - Lawmakers, President Brace for Government Shutdown |
February 21 - Political Economy: Words Matter |
February 21 - Shipping Industry Fears Foreign Aid Cuts |
February 28 - Client of the Month Club: Miami-Dade County |
February 28 - Everybody Makes Mistakes |
February 28 - Ghosts of Shutdowns Past |
February 28 - The 1995-96 Shutdowns, by the Numbers |
March 7 - GOP Attempt to Limit Fears on Debt Limit Fails |
March 7 - Political Economy: Just Say Maybe |
March 7 - With CR Cleared, Haggling Begins |
March 14 - $100 Billion From Where? |
March 14 - Fuzzy Funding Outlook for Transition in Iraq |
March 14 - House GOP Offers Three-Week CR |
March 21 - End Sought to the Stopgap Streak |
March 21 - GOP Spending Dissenters |
March 21 - No Bailouts for You |
March 28 - Show Me Your Shutdown Plan |
April 4 - House Recycles Measure With Big Cuts for Fiscal '11 |
April 4 - Stretched for a Spending Deal |
April 11 - Shutdown Averted at 11th Hour |
April 18 - Atomic Weapons Funding Up Despite Overall Cuts |
April 18 - Census Complete; Funding Cut Helps Trim C-J-S Title |
April 18 - Compromise Package Gives Both Sides Partial Victories in Financial Oversight |
April 18 - Construction Projects Cut; Vets' Programs to See Gain |
April 18 - Democrats Fend Off Riders In Labor, HHS, Education |
April 18 - Dialing Back On Aid to Mideast |
April 18 - DoD Is Only Section of Bill With Increase in Fiscal '11 |
April 18 - EPA to Lose $1.5 Billion, Reversing Gains From 2010 |
April 18 - First-Responder Grants Cut, FEMA Disaster Fund to Gain |
April 18 - Funding Clears Despite Grumbles |
April 18 - International Organizations Facing Big Reductions |
April 18 - One House, Two Agendas |
April 18 - Operations Budget Trimmed; CBO, Capitol Police Spared |
April 18 - Vilsack Wary of Nutrition, Conservation Program Cuts |
April 25 - Despite Demand, Legal Aid on Defense |
April 25 - Grounding an American Dream |
May 9 - Incremental Approach Is a Gamble |
May 9 - Long Cuts With Precision |
May 9 - Parties Look for Common Ground on Budget |
May 16 - Funds for First-Responders Cut in House Homeland Spending Bill |
May 16 - House Panel Would Boost VA Funding, Cut Budget for Construction Projects |
May 16 - Most Agencies' Funds Hit Under GOP Plan |
May 16 - Sparring Over Deficit Reduction |
May 23 - Limits of Bipartisanship |
May 30 - 2012 Appropriations -- Agriculture: Food Programs Face Deeper Cuts |
May 30 - 2012 Appropriations -- Commerce-Justice-Science: Agencies Compete for Funds |
May 30 - 2012 Appropriations -- Defense: Parties Unite to Increase Pentagon Budget |
May 30 - 2012 Appropriations -- Energy-Water: Clashing Priorities Snarl Energy Programs |
May 30 - 2012 Appropriations -- Financial Services: Curbs Sought on New Regulatory Powers |
May 30 - 2012 Appropriations -- Homeland Security: Concern Persists Over Disaster Readiness |
May 30 - 2012 Appropriations -- Interior-Environment: GOP Plans Cuts, Policy Riders for EPA |
May 30 - 2012 Appropriations -- Labor-HHS-Education: Social Programs Remain on GOP Hit List |
May 30 - 2012 Appropriations -- Legislative Branch: Capitol Hill Not Spared From Reductions |
May 30 - 2012 Appropriations -- Military Construction-VA: End of BRAC Process Yields Easy Savings |
May 30 - 2012 Appropriations -- State-Foreign Operations: Aid Programs Could See Significant Cuts |
May 30 - 2012 Appropriations -- Transportation-HUD: Republicans Look to Strip Rail Funding |
May 30 - A Hazier Forecast for Funding of NOAA Satellites |
May 30 - Appropriators Honing The Knives |
May 30 - Editor's Notebook: Medicareful |
May 30 - House Homeland Security Measure Includes $1 Billion in Disaster Funds |
May 30 - House Panel Approves Fiscal 2012 Spending Caps |
May 30 - Nutrition, Livestock Policies Are Points of Contention in Spending Bill |
May 30 - Senate Rejects Series of Budget Plans |
May 30 - Wage Requirements Restored Before Military Construction-VA Bill Gets OK |
May 30 - What's Ahead for the 12 Appropriations Subcommittees |
June 6 - Afghanistan Concerns Persist as Defense Bill Heads to Full Committee |
June 6 - Farm, Food Programs Up for Cuts In House Agriculture Spending Bill |
June 6 - Homeland Security Bill Scales Back Cuts in First-Responder Grants |
June 6 - Yucca Mountain Gets Funding In House Bill |
June 13 - USDA Meatpacking Rule Challenges Consolidation |
June 20 - A House Against Dividing |
June 20 - Committee Calls for More Scrutiny Of U.S. Role in Pakistan, Afghanistan |
June 20 - Energy-Water Votes Address Flooding, Yucca Mountain |
June 20 - House Agriculture Bill Is a Balancing Act |
June 20 - Labor Union Agreements Survive In House Military Construction-VA Bill |
June 20 - Panel Targets Obama Plans in Cutting Funds for Financial Services Agencies |
June 27 - Financial Services Spending Bill Could Fetter Watchdog Agencies |
June 27 - Where the Money Goes: FY 2012 Agriculture Appropriations |
July 4 - Senate Panel OKs VA Appropriations Measure Similar to House-Passed Bill |
July 4 - Senate's Fiscal 2012 Bills Lag As Panels Await Spending Limits |
July 11 - Hill Balks at Nukes Barter |
July 11 - House Rejects War Funding Limitations |
July 11 - House Slashes Budget for Itself, Capitol Agencies |
July 11 - Law Enforcement, Legal Aid Targeted For Cuts in House C-J-S Spending Bill |
July 11 - Panel OKs Significant Cuts to EPA Funds |
July 11 - With Pro-Obama Libya Measure on Hold in Senate, House Weighs In |
July 18 - Absent Budget Resolution, Military Construction-VA Measure Put on Hold |
July 18 - Bioterrorism R&D Facing Some Serious Insecurity |
July 18 - Cuts Could Harm Constituents, Lawmakers Say |
July 18 - GOP Prevails in Regulatory Rollbacks |
July 18 - Law Enforcement Programs Face Big Cuts in House C-J-S Measure |
July 18 - Panel Republicans Rebuff Attempts to Strip Policy Riders from Interior Bill |
July 25 - America's Next Act |
July 25 - Gang of Six Focuses on Spending Cuts |
July 25 - House Approves $3.3 Billion for Its Own Operations |
July 25 - Senate Military Construction-VA Bill Passes; Smooth Conference Expected |
August 1 - Funding for IMF, Pakistan Restricted In House's State Spending Measure |
August 1 - House Rebuffs Democratic Attempts To Cut Environmental Policy Riders |
August 1 - Navy Feels Budget Stress |
August 8 - Highlights of the Budget Control Act |
August 8 - Jury-Rigged and in Rough Waters |
August 8 - Measuring Up the Details |
August 8 - Spending Caps May Change, and Soon |
August 8 - The Battle for Park Control |
September 5 - Deficit Panel Choices Are Critical |
September 12 - Nuclear Waste Is a Hot Topic in Senate Debate |
September 12 - Panel Backs Airline Fee Hike, Major Boost for Disaster Relief |
September 12 - Senate Panel OKs Agriculture Bill, Adding Billions to House Version |
September 12 - Stopgap Is Likely as Fiscal Deadline Nears |
September 12 - Transportation Panel Approves House Measure |
September 19 - Democrats Vote to Increase Funding For Consumer and Investor Agencies |
September 19 - Hill to Feel Pinch In Fiscal 2012 Spending Bill |
September 19 - House Republicans Combine CR With $3.7 Billion in Disaster Aid |
September 19 - Panel-Approved Bill Diverges from House Version on NASA, Justice |
September 19 - Putting Pressure on Palestine |
September 19 - Senate Bill Keeps Defense at 2011 Level |
September 26 - Bill Advances With Palestine, Abortion Riders |
September 26 - Building Budgets on Shaky Moorings |
September 26 - Senate Bill Would Boost FAA and Fund High-Speed Rail While Trimming HUD |
September 26 - Senate Committee OKs Spending Bill After Rebuffing GOP on NLRB Curbs |
September 26 - Spending Showdown, Take Three |
October 3 - Food and Consequences |
October 3 - Stopgap Bill Wards Off Shutdown |
October 10 - Obama, GOP Bicker on Jobs Bill |
October 10 - Political Economy: Breaking the Mold |
October 10 - Veil of Secrecy Makes It Hard to Identify Intelligence Cuts |
October 24 - Political Economy: Sequester, or Bust |
October 24 - Senate Takes Its Time on 'Minibus' |
October 31 - In Downsizing Defense, Politics Trumps Strategy |
November 7 - Conference Under Way for First of Two Fiscal 2012 'Minibus' Spending Measures |
November 7 - In Search of a Balanced Budget |
November 7 - Lessons From Listeria -- But What Are They? |
November 14 - GOP's Revenue Shift Boosts Talks |
November 14 - Two 'Minibuses' Are on the Move |
November 21 - Agriculture Bill Would Block School Nutrition Standards |
November 21 - COPS Program, Telescope Funds Spared From House Budget Ax |
November 21 - First 'Minibus' Quickly Signed; Other Bills Likely to End Up in Omnibus |
November 21 - Obama Initiatives on Infrastructure, High-Speed Rail Are Zeroed Out |
November 21 - Pentagon: The Power of Inertia |
November 21 - Political Economy: Deal, or No Deal |
November 28 - Appropriations: Backroom Struggle |
November 28 - Defense: Hawks Brace for Spending Siege |
November 28 - Panetta: Strategizing for Defense |
December 5 - Would a Sequester Really Be So Bad? |
December 12 - Appropriators Seeking Quick Action On Fiscal 2012 Omnibus Package |
December 12 - How Farmers Got Their Stats Back |
December 22 - Band Budgets Facing the Music |
December 22 - Fiscal 2012 Omnibus: Defense |
December 22 - Fiscal 2012 Omnibus: Energy-Water |
December 22 - Fiscal 2012 Omnibus: Financial Services |
December 22 - Fiscal 2012 Omnibus: Homeland Security |
December 22 - Fiscal 2012 Omnibus: Interior-Environment |
December 22 - Fiscal 2012 Omnibus: Labor-HHS-Education |
December 22 - Fiscal 2012 Omnibus: Legislative Branch |
December 22 - Fiscal 2012 Omnibus: Military Construction-VA |
December 22 - Fiscal 2012 Omnibus: Nine Spending Bills Clear as a Package |
December 22 - Fiscal 2012 Omnibus: State-Foreign Operations |
December 22 - Hawaiians Unrecognized |
December 22 - Senate Clears Year-End Spending Agreement |