Sinopsis
CQs Budget Editor Jane Norman leads a weekly conversation on how lawmakers in Congress are spending taxpayers' money and how their actions impact among other areas federal agencies, safety net programs and the presidents agenda.
Episodios
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Spending caps struggle
22/05/2023 Duración: 23minA bipartisan deal on a debt limit increase hinges mostly on resolving a fight over how to scale back discretionary spending. CQ Roll Call's David Lerman and Aidan Quigley explain what the fight is about and what it means for this year's appropriations process. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Debt limit drama
15/05/2023 Duración: 32minPressure for a deal to raise the debt limit is building as President Joe Biden meets with congressional leaders for a second time this week. CQ Roll Call's David Lerman, Laura Weiss and Ellyn Ferguson outline the latest on debt limit negotiations and where things stand on the effort to produce a new farm bill by September. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Presidential engagement
05/05/2023 Duración: 25minAfter months of stalemate, President Joe Biden will sit down with the top four congressional leaders Tuesday to talk about how to raise the debt limit to avoid economic calamity next month when the government's borrowing authority is expected to run dry. CQ Roll Call's David Lerman, Peter Cohn and Aidan Quigley assess the chances for a bipartisan deal, how long it might take, and what the standoff means for fiscal 2024 appropriations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Search for debt limit compromise
28/04/2023 Duración: 30minThe House narrowly passed a Republican-backed bill to raise the debt limit into next year and force spending cuts. But Congress appeared no closer to a bipartisan deal needed by summer to extend the government's borrowing authority. CQ Roll Call's David Lerman, Lindsey McPherson and Laura Weiss assess what may come next in the search for a compromise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Test of unity
21/04/2023 Duración: 29minThe Republican-controlled House plans to vote next week on GOP legislation to raise the debt limit and force spending cuts, in a major test of unity for the new House majority. CQ Roll Call's David Lerman, Aidan Quigley and Laura Weiss outline the new debt limit bill and assess its chances for passage on the House floor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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The politics of raising the debt limit
14/04/2023 Duración: 28minHouse Republicans are drafting legislation offering Democrats a debt limit increase combined with discretionary spending caps, tougher work requirements for food stamps, rescinding unspent pandemic aid, and more. CQ Roll Call's David Lerman, Peter Cohn and Lindsey McPherson outline the GOP game plan and assess how the battle over the debt ceiling may play out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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IRS funding in crosshairs
07/04/2023 Duración: 26minThe IRS unveiled a 10-year spending plan designed to crack down on wealthy tax dodgers and improve customer service, but Republicans warned against an 'army" of auditors descending on middle-class workers. CQ Roll Call's David Lerman and Laura Weiss outline the partisan battle over IRS funding and what it means for the appropriations process. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Debt limit pressure tactics
31/03/2023 Duración: 28minSpeaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and President Joe Biden traded letters over talks to raise the debt limit as each side sought to ramp up the pressure for a deal that would end a partisan standoff. CQ Roll Call's David Lerman, Lindsey McPherson and Paul M. Krawzak assess the tactics used by both sides and the challenges facing Republicans in trying to produce a budget resolution. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Spending cuts standoff
24/03/2023 Duración: 22minPresident Joe Biden wants to see a Republican budget before resuming fiscal talks with Speaker Kevin McCarthy. But Republicans say their budget will be delayed as they urge negotiations over raising the debt limit. CQ Roll Call's David Lerman, Lindsey McPherson and Aidan Quigley outline the debt limit standoff and a war of words between the parties over the impact of potential spending cuts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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GOP's budget attack
17/03/2023 Duración: 31minSenate Republican budget writers waged a multifront offensive on President Joe Biden's fiscal 2024 budget request, while Democrats pointed to a Congressional Budget Office analysis to say House GOP budget plans are unrealistic. CQ Roll Call's David Lerman, Peter Cohn and Paul M. Krawzak assess how Biden's blueprint was received on Capitol Hill and what it means for the appropriations process. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Dissecting Biden's budget
10/03/2023 Duración: 24minPresident Joe Biden unveiled a fiscal 2024 blueprint that Republicans have promised to oppose. CQ Roll Call's David Lerman, Peter Cohn and Aidan Quigley outline the tax and spending proposals and how they will influence this year's battles over appropriations, taxes and the debt limit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Preparing for budget release
03/03/2023 Duración: 24minAs they await President Joe Biden's fiscal 2024 budget request, lawmakers are mulling the prospects for a budget resolution and issuing new guidance for earmarks in appropriations bills. CQ Roll Call's David Lerman and Paul M. Krawzak discuss the latest timing for a budget release and how lawmakers are mapping strategy for the year ahead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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The politics of Medicare funding
24/02/2023 Duración: 18minPresident Joe Biden's accusation that Republicans are trying to cut Medicare triggered a counterattack by the GOP: that the Biden administration wants to cut benefits in Medicare Advantage plans. CQ Roll Call's David Lerman and Jessie Hellmann unpack the basis of those claims and the potential impact of new administrative rules for the privately run Medicare Advantage plans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Gloomy fiscal forecast
17/02/2023 Duración: 30minDeficits over a decade will be 20 percent higher than forecast just nine months ago, and action is needed by summer to raise the debt limit, the Congressional Budget Office said in two new reports. CQ Roll Call's David Lerman and Peter Cohn assess the latest budget forecasts and what they may mean for the spending and debt limit battles to come. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Battle lines drawn
10/02/2023 Duración: 22minBoth parties have made their opening bids in the battle over raising the statutory debt limit. CQ Roll's David Lerman, Paul M. Krawzak and Aidan Quigley outline the political dynamics in the Republican push for spending cuts and pledges to protect Social Security and Medicare. They also assess how new members could influence spending bills in the Appropriations Committees. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Appropriations power shifts
03/02/2023 Duración: 23minThe new Congress features a power shakeup on the House and Senate Appropriations Committees that will change how spending bills are written. CQ Roll Call's David Lerman, Aidan Quigley and Paul M. Krawzak outline the leadership changes in appropriations and assess the political dynamics in the battle over raising the statutory debt limit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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CQ Budget: Debt limit strategy
27/01/2023 Duración: 24minHouse Republicans are mulling a short-term suspension of the debt limit in an attempt to buy time for a bipartisan deal. CQ Roll Call's David Lerman and Paul M. Krawzak outline the dilemma facing the GOP as it seeks to pair a debt limit increase with spending cuts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Two fiscal brawls ahead
20/01/2023 Duración: 25minBoth parties have raised the stakes in a battle over lifting the statutory debt limit. And House Republicans are promising big spending cuts while they try to protect the Pentagon's budget. CQ Roll Call's David Lerman, Lindsey McPherson, Paul M. Krawzak and Caroline Coudriet outline the biggest fiscal challenges of the year and assess prospects for possible compromise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Fiscal train wreck ahead?
13/01/2023 Duración: 26minA partisan showdown over the debt limit and Republican promises to slash spending could add up to a fiscal train wreck this year for a divided new Congress. CQ Roll Call's David Lerman, Paul M. Krawzak, Aidan Quigley and Laura Weiss offer a preview of the budget, appropriations and tax policy agenda for the year to come. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Next year's fiscal outlook
27/12/2022 Duración: 29minLawmakers finally cleared an omnibus spending package three months late, but a divided Congress next year is sure to make fiscal policy even more contentious. CQ Roll Call's David Lerman, Lindsey McPherson, Aidan Quigley, Laura Weiss and Paul M. Krawzak assess how the two parties fared in the omnibus deal and the range of disputes coming in the new year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices