The Latest Breaking News from Appropriations

Legislative action, including consideration of two appropriations bills set for this week, has ground to a halt in the House.

Sen. Bob Menendez’s sought-after seat on the Finance Committee could — eventually — open up as a result of the scandal.

Senate Republicans have identified a potential breakthrough to resolve a hold on the chamber’s three-bill appropriations package.

The House GOP panel responsible for committee assignments indefinitely delayed its planned Monday meeting to fill an Appropriations seat.

The Senate’s first fiscal 2024 spending package stalled on the floor as hard-line conservatives rebelled, while House leaders had to abandon plans to take up their Defense spending bill. CQ Roll Call’s David Lerman, Peter Cohn and Paul M. Krawzak discuss the challenge to get appropriations back on track and…

Senators have reservations about trying to tack two more spending bills onto the House-passed Military Construction-VA bill.

Retiring Rep. Chris Stewart, R-Utah, will leave open a coveted seat on the Appropriations Committee, and the scramble to fill it has begun.

The retirement of key senators last year is reflected in the state-by-state distribution of earmarked dollars in fiscal 2024 spending bills.

The majority of states would lose earmarks in the House GOP-drafted appropriations bills. But 16 mostly deep red states would come out ahead.

The retirement of several titans of congressional appropriating hasn't slowed down the Senate's appetite for earmarks.  

Escalating their fight over Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’ handling of immigration at the southern border, far-right representatives say they will oppose any appropriations for his agency.