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↵↵Federal unions said in a court filing late last month that many federal agencies were forced to hold off on their full layoff plans throughout 2025 and into early 2026 because of litigation and that
But do these people exist in 2026?↵↵The actual audience for this thing happens to be in the film.
promptly rejected a Senate Democratic proposal for restraints on federal immigration agents Wednesday, saying those talks should occur on a separate track from negotiations on a $1.3 trillion fiscal 2026
↵↵Political theater: Mary Ellen joined Roll Call Editor-in-Chief Jason Dick on the Political Theater podcast to discuss the news-heavy first few weeks of 2026 and which stories could be meaningful in November
The Senate cleared a roughly $180 billion, three-bill spending package for President Donald Trump's signature Thursday, marking a halfway point in completing long-delayed fiscal 2026 appropriations.
↵↵Particularly challenging for Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., will be to push through the fiscal 2026 Homeland Security spending bill, which hit a snag following
The House easily passed a package of two fiscal 2026 appropriations bills with broad bipartisan support Wednesday, teeing up a second set of long-delayed spending bills for the Senate to consider.Â
↵↵As the calendar flipped to 2026, there have been no immediate signs of another looming partial government shutdown.
evening to limit debate on taking up a package combining the bipartisan, bicameral compromise versions of the Commerce-Justice-Science, Energy-Water and Interior-Environment spending bills for fiscal 2026
↵↵Republicans may also bring up additional appropriation bills for fiscal 2026, with less than a month before the expiration of the current continuing resolution.
↵↵The Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit Dec. 10 seeking to block plans to replace a photo of Glacier National Park with one of the president's face on the 2026 annual pass for access to the
↵↵The Senate's fiscal 2026 Interior-Environment Appropriations bill would keep the same funding level of $1 million for the program, while the House (HR 4754) would increase it to $2.5 million.
↵↵She's the fifth Republican senator to decide against running for reelection to the chamber in 2026.
A dispute over a Trump administration plan to consolidate federal firefighting operations may be close to resolution, in a sign of modest progress toward Senate passage of a major fiscal 2026 spending
At least one of the Senate's yet-to-be-unveiled fiscal 2026 appropriations bills could be released next week, even though lawmakers will be in their districts for the Thanksgiving recess.
But so far, the two chambers and the two parties remain on different paths when it comes to fiscal 2026 spending bills.
The top four leaders of the Senate and House Appropriations committees plan to huddle Thursday to make headway on the next package of fiscal 2026 spending bills, sources familiar with the meeting said
Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., is hoping to get the gears turning this week on a package of up to five fiscal 2026 appropriation bills, using the Defense spending measure as the vehicle for a larger
A Senate plan to take up a major fiscal 2026 appropriations package on the floor next week is looking increasingly like a long shot.
↵↵And the fact that the money being used comes out of multiyear appropriations that remain available in fiscal 2026 means the maneuvers comply with the Antideficiency Act, the administration argues.