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CQ Budget, Episode No. 397

Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins, R-Maine, faces a myriad of obstacles as she tries to get the fiscal 2027 spending process underway.
Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins, R-Maine, faces a myriad of obstacles as she tries to get the fiscal 2027 spending process underway. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
By Aidan Quigley and Aris Folley
Posted June 23, 2026 at 5:37pm

While House appropriators move forward with their fiscal 2027 spending bills, the usually bipartisan Senate process has run into major roadblocks, with disputes over spending levels and amendments. CQ Roll Call’s Aris Folley and Aidan Quigley discuss the status of appropriations in both chambers, as well as the prospects for reconciliation progress and an Iran war supplemental funding bill.

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