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January 8 - 2018 Legislative Preview: Appropriations

January 8 - 2018 Legislative Preview: Defense Appropriations

January 8 - Navy Says Short-Term Fixes Sink Long-Term Readiness

January 16 - Steer Clear of the Fatberg, Unless It's in a Museum

January 22 - Anatomy of a Vote: The Song Remains the Same

January 22 - Capitol Hill Comings and Goings

January 22 - In Case You Missed it, We Passed a Tax Bill

January 29 - As Shutdown Loomed, Pentagon Bemoaned Funding's Unpredictability

January 29 - The Shutdown by the Numbers

February 5 - Checks and Balance: The Appetite for Pork May Not Satisfy the Hunger for Change

February 5 - Intelligence Language in Stopgap Marks Rare Balance-of-Power Dispute

February 12 - 'Salad and a Martini' and Other Things Overheard in the Capitol

February 12 - Anatomy of a Vote: Budget Deal Ends One Fight, Starts Another

February 26 - Adding Barriers to Aid for the Needy Could Put More People at Risk

February 26 - Has 'Reform' of Public Assistance Programs Made Poverty Worse?

February 26 - Small Steps Toward an Overhaul of Safety Net Programs Most Likely

February 26 - The Never-Ending Crisis at the Indian Health Service

March 5 - Anatomy of a Vote: A Puzzling Immigration Vote for One Democrat

March 5 - Porn Still Turning Up in the Federal Workplace Despite Bans

March 12 - 2019 Budget: Agriculture

March 12 - 2019 Budget: Army Corps of Engineers

March 12 - 2019 Budget: Can't We All Just Get Along ... Without a Debt Limit?

March 12 - 2019 Budget: Defense

March 12 - 2019 Budget: Discretionary Programs Bear the Brunt of Cuts

March 12 - 2019 Budget: Education

March 12 - 2019 Budget: Energy

March 12 - 2019 Budget: Environmental Protection Agency

March 12 - 2019 Budget: Federal Courts

March 12 - 2019 Budget: Health and Human Services

March 12 - 2019 Budget: Homeland Security

March 12 - 2019 Budget: Housing and Urban Development

March 12 - 2019 Budget: Interior

March 12 - 2019 Budget: Justice

March 12 - 2019 Budget: Labor

March 12 - 2019 Budget: NASA

March 12 - 2019 Budget: Programs Scorned by Presidents and Loved by Congress

March 12 - 2019 Budget: State Department

March 12 - 2019 Budget: The Battle Over Mandatory Spending Begins

March 12 - 2019 Budget: Transportation

March 12 - 2019 Budget: Treasury

March 12 - 2019 Budget: Veterans' Affairs

March 12 - 2019 Budget: Worries Fade as Debt Grows

March 12 - Common Defense: The State Department Phones It In on the Budget

March 12 - In the Senate: Floor Chart, feat. Selfie Cat

March 19 - In the Spotlight: Chellie Pingree

March 19 - Trump Gives Whiplash to Some Steadfast Supporters

April 9 - How the Omnibus Toplines Stack Up

April 16 - Anatomy of a Vote: A Show Vote on a Balanced Budget

April 16 - Mushroom Management, Swahili Memos and Great Danes: a John Kennedy Treasury

April 23 - Architect: Funds Needed For Capitol Repairs

May 14 - Article One: A Breach of a Barrier Between the Branches

May 21 - Women on the Verge of a Breakthrough on House Appropriations

June 11 - Anatomy of a Vote: First Minibus Pulls Out of the Garage

June 11 - Authorized Flood Projects Often Left High and Dry on Funding

June 18 - The Pentagon's $1.5 Trillion Gamble

July 23 - Capitol Police Expand Security Despite Personnel Shortfall

July 23 - In the Spotlight: Dan Newhouse

July 30 - 2019 Appropriations: Agriculture

July 30 - 2019 Appropriations: Bipartisanship May Not Be Enough

July 30 - 2019 Appropriations: Commerce-Justice-Science

July 30 - 2019 Appropriations: Defense

July 30 - 2019 Appropriations: Energy-Water

July 30 - 2019 Appropriations: Financial Services

July 30 - 2019 Appropriations: Homeland Security

July 30 - 2019 Appropriations: Interior-Environment

July 30 - 2019 Appropriations: Labor-HHS-Education

July 30 - 2019 Appropriations: Legislative Branch

July 30 - 2019 Appropriations: Military Construction-VA

July 30 - 2019 Appropriations: Top Issues Likely to Gum Up the Works

July 30 - 2019 Appropriations: Transportation-HUD

July 30 - 2019 Appropriations: Trump 'Hit List' Meets Staunch Resistance

July 30 - 2019 Appropriations: What's Next for the Agencies?

September 4 - A Big Fight Over Fake Meat

September 4 - Fall Legislative Preview: Appropriations

September 10 - That Time When the Senate Debated Cottage Cheese

September 10 - The Week Ahead in Washington

September 17 - Anatomy of a Vote: A Decade of Futility Ends as Spending Bills Pass

September 17 - Dollars and Sense: 'Regular Order' Still Not Out of the Woods

September 17 - The Earmark Drumbeat Grows Louder

September 17 - The Week Ahead in Washington

September 24 - Better Tunnel Ambience, Less-Bad Food and Mounted Police: What's on Congress' Wishlist

September 24 - The Week Ahead in Washington

October 15 - Spending by the Numbers: Some Statistics From Fiscal 2019

November 12 - 116th Congress: House Appropriations Committee

November 12 - 116th Congress: Senate Appropriations Committee

December 3 - In the Spotlight: Mario Diaz-Balart