FEDERAL SPENDING, TRACKED
THE LEAD
FY2027 progress report: House ahead, Senate stalled, CR looking likely
With no Senate markups held and the calendar compressing, a continuing resolution is the likely path unless negotiations speed up between the July and August recesses.
AMERICAN ACTION FORUM · 1W
The Best Is Ahead: The first 250 years tell an extraordinary story. From the founding …
HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS (R) · 6D
EARMARKS, STATE BY STATE
FULL MAP →Hover or tap a state to see its earmarks: the project, the city, the member who requested it, and the amount. House items are Community Project Funding and Senate items are Congressionally Directed Spending. Every item links to its official source.
THE HAUL
WHO GOT WHAT BACK HOME
Earmarks flood spending bills after a year's hiatus
ROLL CALL · 4MO
CT secures about $190 million in earmarks from federal bills
CT MIRROR · 4MO
HAPPENING NOW
ON THE CALENDAR
JULY 2026
THE TRACKER — TWELVE BILLS, TWO CHAMBERS
EACH BAR: SUB · CMTE · FLOOR · PASSED. HOVER FOR DATES.MORE FROM THE WEEK
House Appropriations Cmte passed its version of the FY2027 Defense bill on …
DEFENSE · 2W
House full committee reports FY2027 Defense bill, 34-27
The House Appropriations Committee approved its FY2027 Defense bill, the tenth of twelve bills reported from full committee.
DEFENSE · 2W
Senate Appropriations markups stall amid a topline standoff
A planned Senate full-committee markup was postponed as the two parties clashed over FY2027 spending levels.
PUNCHBOWL NEWS · 2W
House committee advances FY2027 Homeland Security bill, 34-27
The Homeland Security bill cleared full committee on a party-line vote.
HOMELAND SECURITY · 4W
House committee advances FY2027 Labor-HHS-Education bill, 34-28
The largest domestic spending bill was reported from full committee.
LABOR-HHS · 1MO
No topline deal in sight for Senate appropriations
Chair Susan Collins and ranking member Patty Murray remain billions apart on an overall spending level, and three planned markups were scrapped.
PUNCHBOWL NEWS · 1MO