The Latest Breaking News from Appropriations

Senate Democrats suddenly found themselves Thursday potentially without a critical vote they will need in their uphill effort to pass a major tax and spending reconciliation package before the August recess.

A health scare showed Democrats Thursday how hard it may be to pass a partisan tax and spending package in an evenly divided Senate.

The Republican Study Committee has taken an official position against earmarks, although more than half of their membership requested them.

Negotiations on a spending ceiling to govern the fiscal 2023 appropriations process have ground to a halt.

​WASHINGTON — The Senate Republican Conference will lose some prolific earmarkers to retirement next year, as the party faces some soul-searching over whether to keep the practice if they retake one or both chambers after November’s midterms.

The Senate Republican Conference will lose some prolific earmarkers to retirement next year, which may prompt a second look at the practice.

House appropriators are about to begin markups on fiscal 2023 spending bills and CQ Roll Call's David Lerman and Paul M. Krawzak outline what lies ahead.

WASHINGTON — The House adopted a $1.6 trillion discretionary spending cap for the upcoming fiscal year, clearing the way for appropriators to start moving the fiscal 2023 spending bills through that chamber as bicameral talks reconvene on a framework for bills that can pass the Senate as well.

The House adopted a $1.6 trillion discretionary spending cap for the upcoming fiscal year, allowing appropriations bills to move forward.

Lawmakers are paying tribute to former Rep. John E. Porter, an Illinois Republican and Appropriations “cardinal” who died Friday at age 87.

WASHINGTON — ​House lawmakers’ appetite for earmarking has grown a year after Democrats resurrected the practice, particularly among Republicans who will face a sensitive decision on whether to maintain “community project funding” in the next Congress if they retake the chamber in November.