Administration, Congress near deal on discretionary spending levels

• Lisa Caruso
• May 2, 2001

Senate budget chair says talks will go into next week

• Lisa Caruso
• April 26, 2001

Bush, GOP leaders to confer on budget negotiations

• Lisa Caruso
• April 24, 2001

Defense and veterans programs get boost in Senate budget

• Lisa Caruso
• April 18, 2001

Bush unveils $1.96 trillion budget plan

• Keith Koffler and Lisa Caruso
• April 10, 2001

Senate leader threatens a weekend session to pass budget

• Lisa Caruso
• April 4, 2001

Senate GOP leaders reach out to Dems on budget

• Lisa Caruso, Geoff Earle and Stephen Norton
• March 29, 2001

House budget chair's plan will track Bush proposal

• Lisa Caruso
• March 21, 2001

House conservatives following a loyal line on budget

• Lisa Caruso
• March 20, 2001

OMB chief confident House will pass Bush's budget

• Lisa Caruso
• March 16, 2001

Appropriations chairman endorses Bush spending levels

• Lisa Caruso
• March 15, 2001

Democrats offer details of budget cuts' impact on agencies

House Budget Committee Democrats estimate President Bush's fiscal 2002 budget blueprint would require average cuts of 6.6 percent from certain federal agencies.

• Lisa Caruso
• March 14, 2001

OMB official defends spending cuts in Bush budget

• Lisa Caruso
• March 7, 2001

Senate budget chair says 4 percent spending increase not enough

• Lisa Caruso
• March 5, 2001

Education, Defense are big winners in budget blueprint

• Keith Koffler and Lisa Caruso
• March 1, 2001

Bush search for 'fiscal sanity' could lead to agency cuts

• Lisa Caruso and Stephen Norton
• February 27, 2001

Senate budget chair takes concerns to White House

• Keith Koffler, Lisa Caruso and Julie Rovner
• February 16, 2001

Senators get sobering long-term budget news

• Lisa Caruso
• February 7, 2001

Conservatives seeking ways to limit spending growth

• Lisa Caruso
• February 6, 2001

Despite huge budget surplus, agencies could go on fiscal diet

• Lisa Caruso and Geoff Earle
• January 31, 2001