 January 3 - 2010 Key Senate Vote: Debt Limit and Fiscal Task Force |
| January 3 - 2010 Key Senate Vote: Discretionary Spending Caps |
| 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 10 - Top Issues for 2011: Highway Spending |
| January 17 - Political Class: Inside the Lexicon of Washington |
| January 24 - House Conservatives Seek Big Cuts |
| January 24 - Taking the Federal Debt Ceiling to Its Limit |
| January 31 - Elmendorf to Lead CBO for Another Four Years |
| January 31 - House GOP Vows Sharp Cuts in Stopgap |
| January 31 - Political Economy: No Accounting for It |
| February 7 - Appropriators Offer Defense Spending Bill |
| February 7 - Bracing for a Budget Battle |
| February 7 - Cutting the Uncuttable: Congress Eyes the VA |
| February 7 - Keeping Cuts at Bay |
| February 14 - Farm Subsidies List Gets Muddy |
| February 14 - Political Economy: Baseline Blues |
| February 14 - Weather Service Budget Blamed for Site Shutdown |
| February 21 - Ambitious Rail Plans Stun Lawmakers |
| February 21 - Assistance Cuts Dig Too Deep, Some Complain |
| 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 - Higher Taxes, Few Changes |
| February 21 - Highlights of the President's Tax Proposals |
| February 21 - In America, No Taste for Budget Cuts |
| February 21 - Obama Is More Optimistic About Economy's Outlook |
| February 21 - Political Economy: Words Matter |
| February 21 - Shipping Industry Fears Foreign Aid Cuts |
| February 28 - Compromise: Who Needs It? |
| February 28 - Editor's Notebook: What Would Maggie Say? |
| February 28 - Ghosts of Shutdowns Past |
| February 28 - Party Leaders Calculate Risks And Benefits |
| February 28 - The 1995-96 Shutdowns, by the Numbers |
| February 28 - The House Had (Many) Words for It |
| March 7 - GOP Attempt to Limit Fears on Debt Limit Fails |
| March 7 - Senate Cuts Panel Spending, Restores Reserve Fund |
| March 7 - With CR Cleared, Haggling Begins |
| March 14 - $100 Billion From Where? |
| March 14 - House GOP Offers Three-Week CR |
| March 14 - Political Economy: The Party's Over |
| March 21 - Cutting NPR Would Hit GOP Heartland Hardest |
| March 21 - End Sought to the Stopgap Streak |
| March 21 - GOP Spending Dissenters |
| March 21 - No Bailouts for You |
| March 21 - Unkindest 'YouCut' of All |
| March 28 - Entitlement Spending Back on the Table |
| March 28 - Show Me Your Shutdown Plan |
| March 28 - The Hill's Pink-Slip Policy |
| April 4 - House Recycles Measure With Big Cuts for Fiscal '11 |
| April 4 - Is Fiscally Lean Politically Rash? |
| April 4 - Stretched for a Spending Deal |
| April 11 - Casting a Narrower Safety Net |
| April 11 - GOP Touts House Budget Chairman's Proposal; Democrats Vow to Fight Back |
| April 11 - Highlights of Ryan's Proposal |
| April 11 - Maybe Numbers Do Lie |
| April 11 - Medicare's Popularity Intact |
| April 11 - Political Economy: Accounting for Change |
| April 11 - Rearguing the Contract |
| April 11 - Shutdown Averted at 11th Hour |
| April 18 - Dropped Coverage? |
| April 18 - Five Questions for Dan Crippen, Executive Director, National Governors Association |
| April 18 - Funding Clears Despite Grumbles |
| April 18 - One House, Two Agendas |
| April 18 - Skirmishing Begins on Deficit Reduction |
| April 25 - Club Takes Notes On Budget Votes |
| April 25 - Spreading the Word |
| May 2 - Budgetary Politics: Some Find Survival Is a Balancing Act |
| May 7 - Lessons From Gramm-Rudman |
| May 9 - Incremental Approach Is a Gamble |
| May 9 - Lessons From Gramm-Rudman |
| May 9 - Long Cuts With Precision |
| May 9 - Parties Look for Common Ground on Budget |
| May 16 - A Deficit of Policy |
| May 16 - House Panel Would Boost VA Funding, Cut Budget for Construction Projects |
| May 16 - Medicaid's Home for Aging Millions |
| May 16 - Most Agencies' Funds Hit Under GOP Plan |
| May 16 - Political Economy: Boehner vs. Bernanke |
| May 16 - Sparring Over Deficit Reduction |
| May 23 - Limits of Bipartisanship |
| May 23 - Political Economy: A Self-Correcting Budget |
| May 23 - Track Your Tax Dollars at Work |
| May 30 - 2012 Appropriations -- Agriculture: Food Programs Face Deeper Cuts |
| May 30 - 2012 Appropriations -- Defense: Parties Unite to Increase Pentagon Budget |
| May 30 - 2012 Appropriations -- Legislative Branch: Capitol Hill Not Spared From Reductions |
| May 30 - 2012 Appropriations -- State-Foreign Operations: Aid Programs Could See Significant Cuts |
| May 30 - A Hazier Forecast for Funding of NOAA Satellites |
| 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 |
| 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 - Markets Add Urgency to Debt Talks |
| June 6 - Yucca Mountain Gets Funding In House Bill |
| June 13 - How an Informed Public Would Do It |
| June 13 - Realignment in the Pacific Comes at a Steep Price |
| June 13 - What They Don't Know About the Deficit |
| June 20 - Balanced-Budget Amendment Advances Through House Panel |
| June 20 - Committee Calls for More Scrutiny Of U.S. Role in Pakistan, Afghanistan |
| June 20 - Down to the 'Big-Ticket Items' |
| June 20 - Energy-Water Votes Address Flooding, Yucca Mountain |
| June 20 - Fiddling With Bands Budget |
| 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 20 - Waiting for the Deal: Debt Talks Put Lawmaking on Hold |
| June 27 - Boehner, Obama Take Over Talks |
| June 27 - Financial Services Spending Bill Could Fetter Watchdog Agencies |
| June 27 - Health Care Entitlements Face Uncertain Cuts in Debt Plans |
| June 27 - Political Economy: Code Words |
| June 27 - Where the Money Goes: FY 2012 Agriculture Appropriations |
| July 4 - A Very Businesslike Rivalry for Clout |
| July 4 - As Program Costs Soar, Pell Is Contender for Cuts |
| July 4 - Federal Spending Cuts: Losers and .... Losers |
| July 4 - Finding Fault With Conservatives |
| July 4 - Lobbying: Gordon |
| July 4 - Parties Dig In Over Debt Limit |
| July 4 - Political Economy: Adding It Up |
| July 4 - Senate's Fiscal 2012 Bills Lag As Panels Await Spending Limits |
| July 11 - A Small Provision at the Core of a Big Tax Debate |
| July 11 - Debt Talks Move Into High Gear |
| 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 - Political Economy: Debt and Taxes |
| July 11 - The Particular Write-Offs Under Fire |
| 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 - Debt Ceiling: In Whose Hands? |
| July 18 - Debt Plans Remain in Limbo |
| July 18 - GOP Prevails in Regulatory Rollbacks |
| July 18 - Panel Republicans Rebuff Attempts to Strip Policy Riders from Interior Bill |
| July 18 - Political Economy: Dangerous Dance |
| July 18 - Treasury Decides that Paperless Is More |
| July 18 - Watchdog: McFate |
| July 25 - Debt Limit Strife Tests Public Patience |
| July 25 - Gang of Six Focuses on Spending Cuts |
| July 25 - House Approves $3.3 Billion for Its Own Operations |
| July 25 - House Passes, Senate Shelves Balanced-Budget Legislation |
| July 25 - It Takes a Crisis: 'Deficit Politics' Focus on Medicare |
| July 25 - No Grand Bargain on Debt Ceiling |
| July 25 - Political Economy: Recovery at Risk |
| July 25 - Senate Military Construction-VA Bill Passes; Smooth Conference Expected |
| July 25 - Social Issues Ignored in Debt Talk |
| August 1 - Debt Dispute Goes Down to the Wire |
| August 1 - Dueling Plans Set Stage for High Drama |
| 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 1 - Political Economy: OK, So Now What? |
| August 1 - Rating Credit Where It's Due |
| August 1 - Read Her Lips |
| August 8 - A Deal in Which Nobody Wins |
| August 8 - A Potful of Options to Change Medicare |
| August 8 - Breaks Still in Play |
| August 8 - Cuts Reflect GOP's Move Beyond Reagan |
| August 8 - Debt Deal Brings Relief, Frustration |
| August 8 - Highlights of the Budget Control Act |
| August 8 - How the Cuts Would Fall |
| August 8 - Jury-Rigged and in Rough Waters |
| August 8 - Measuring Up the Details |
| August 8 - Panel's Breadth Worries Lawmakers |
| August 8 - Police Forces Have More Data Than Dough |
| August 8 - Revenue Debate Merely Deferred |
| August 8 - Smaller Deficit, Less Interest, Lower Payout |
| August 8 - Spending Caps May Change, and Soon |
| August 8 - Summer of Strife |
| September 5 - Congressional Efforts to Stimulate Job Growth |
| September 5 - Deficit Panel Choices Are Critical |
| September 5 - No Work And No Play |
| September 5 - Political Economy: Bernanke's Turn |
| September 12 - Deficit Panelists Vow Success Despite Splits |
| September 12 - Details of the President's Jobs Plan |
| 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 - A Full Spectrum of Revenue Wishes |
| 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 - Political Class: Inside the Lexicon of Washington |
| September 19 - Political Economy: Having It Both Ways |
| September 19 - Senate Bill Keeps Defense at 2011 Level |
| September 26 - Bill Advances With Palestine, Abortion Riders |
| September 26 - Details of Obama's Deficit Reduction Plan |
| September 26 - For Taxes, an Uphill Overhaul |
| 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 - Stopgap Bill Wards Off Shutdown |
| October 10 - A World Of Doubt: It's America's Turn to Be Lectured on Governing |
| October 10 - Obama, GOP Bicker on Jobs Bill |
| October 10 - Panel Agrees on Spectrum Issue |
| October 10 - Political Economy: Breaking the Mold |
| October 10 - Veil of Secrecy Makes It Hard to Identify Intelligence Cuts |
| October 17 - On Jobs, One Piece at a Time? |
| October 17 - Political Economy: Right, Meet Left |
| October 17 - Small Strides for Federal Agencies |
| October 24 - Political Economy: Sequester, or Bust |
| October 24 - Senate Takes Its Time on 'Minibus' |
| October 31 - Both Sides Weigh In With Deficit Plans |
| October 31 - In Downsizing Defense, Politics Trumps Strategy |
| November 7 - Balanced-Budget Amendment: Fix or Fantasy? |
| November 7 - Conference Under Way for First of Two Fiscal 2012 'Minibus' Spending Measures |
| November 7 - Few Parallels Seen in State Solutions |
| November 7 - In Search of a Balanced Budget |
| November 7 - No Deficit Deal; Revenue at Issue |
| November 7 - Political Economy: It's Greek to Us |
| November 14 - Depledging Their Allegiance to Norquist |
| November 14 - GOP's Revenue Shift Boosts Talks |
| November 14 - Political Economy: Willful Disbelief |
| 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 - House Balanced-Budget Vote Falls Shy of Needed Two-Thirds Majority |
| November 21 - Obama Initiatives on Infrastructure, High-Speed Rail Are Zeroed Out |
| November 21 - Political Economy: Deal, or No Deal |
| November 21 - Still Divided as Deadline Nears |
| November 21 - Unintended Consequences From the Deficit Committee |
| November 28 - After the Fall of the 'Supercommittee' |
| November 28 - Aviation: Union Standoff |
| November 28 - Bush-Era Tax Cuts |
| November 28 - Defense: Hawks Brace for Spending Siege |
| November 28 - Expiring Benefits |
| November 28 - Medicare Doctor Payments |
| November 28 - Medicare Reimbursement: Doctors' Groups Seek Lasting Fix |
| November 28 - Payroll Tax: An Opening Battle for Fights to Come |
| November 28 - Political Economy: Can-Kicking 101 |
| November 28 - Race Against the Deficit |
| November 28 - Tax Plans to See Returns |
| November 28 - Uneasy Next Steps on Deficit |
| December 5 - Five Questions for Joseph Ura, Political Science Professor, Texas A&M University |
| December 5 - Would a Sequester Really Be So Bad? |
| December 12 - Appropriators Seeking Quick Action On Fiscal 2012 Omnibus Package |
| December 12 - Political Economy: Snatching Defeat |
| December 22 - Bill Would Restore Line-Item Veto for Appropriations |
| December 22 - Senate Clears Year-End Spending Agreement |
| December 22 - Senate Turns Down Constitutional Amendments for Balanced Budget |
