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Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins, R-Maine, faces a myriad of obstacles as she tries to get the fiscal 2027 spending process underway.

Spending split

By Aidan Quigley and Aris Folley
Posted June 23, 2026 at 5:37pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., wants to add voter identification legislation to a third reconciliation bill.

Reconciliation 3.0 hurdles

By Aidan Quigley, Paul M. Krawzak and David Lerman
Posted June 15, 2026 at 2:53pm
Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., at right, and Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y., are pushing a bipartisan bill to ban payouts from a Justice Department fund.

At the finish line

By Aris Folley, Paul M. Krawzak and David Lerman
Posted June 8, 2026 at 4:34pm
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., has called for the Justice Department fund to be shut down.

‘Anti-weaponization’ fund retreat

By Michael Macagnone, Aidan Quigley and David Lerman
Posted June 2, 2026 at 4:10pm
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche angered GOP senators who punted on their reconciliation bill.

Immigration funding bill derailed

By Aris Folley, Jacob Fulton and David Lerman
Posted May 26, 2026 at 5:07pm
President Donald Trump's push for a $1 billion security upgrade connected to a proposed ballroom poses logistical and political challenges to the GOP's reconciliation bill.

Reconciliation race

By Paul M. Krawzak and Aidan Quigley
Posted May 18, 2026 at 4:19pm
Senate Democrats are waging an offensive against $1 billion in reconciliation funding for security related to plans for a White House ballroom.

Ballroom blitz

By Paul M. Krawzak and David Lerman
Posted May 11, 2026 at 5:55pm
Conservative rebels such as Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, had protested a DHS funding bill that lacked immigration enforcement funds.

GOP friction over shutdown finale

By Aidan Quigley, Aris Folley and David Lerman
Posted May 4, 2026 at 4:12pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., seen in the Capitol last week, is again in the hot seat as he tries to rally GOP support for a budget resolution.

Critical test for immigration funding

By Paul M. Krawzak, Aidan Quigley and David Lerman
Posted April 27, 2026 at 5:35pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has little margin for error to pass a reconciliation bill for immigration enforcement.

Reconciliation picks up, again

By Aidan Quigley and Aris Folley
Posted April 13, 2026 at 4:31pm