Congress · 119th Congress
Trump signs spending bill to end longest government shutdown
↵↵The package buys Congress 11 more weeks to ramp up funding negotiations to complete work on fiscal 2026 spending bills.
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Senate leaders prepare to pivot to a new bill to end shutdown
Senate Republican leaders plan to abandon a House-passed funding patch to reopen government and pivot to a new bill that would provide more time to complete fiscal 2026 appropriations.
Lots of talk but no deal as shutdown heads for the record books
Rank-and-file members have largely reported progress in talks aimed at moving appropriations bills for fiscal 2026 once the government reopens.
Appropriations chairman bullish on full-year spending bills after shutdown
Appropriators could finish drafting a compromise version of a three-bill spending package for fiscal 2026 in "two or three days" once the partial government shutdown is over, House Appropriations Chairman
Inspector general websites disappear as government shuts down
R-Maine, and Grassley sent a letter questioning why the Trump administration has apparently failed to apportion funds for the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency for fiscal 2026
White House ‘anomalies’ list kick-starts stopgap funding talks
The first is the duration of the funding request: The Trump administration wants it to go out to Jan. 31, 2026, which Democrats and some GOP appropriators argue is too lengthy — they prefer a shorter stopgap
First three fiscal 2026 appropriations bills pass Senate
The Senate passed its first package of fiscal 2026 spending bills Friday, making up for lost time in the long-delayed appropriations process before preparing to head out of town for a monthlong August
Republicans, appropriators dominate House earmarks
ANALYSIS — House Republicans have sprinkled their fiscal 2026 appropriations bills with more home-district projects than they did last year though with slightly fewer funds allocated to earmarks overall
Duffy: Air traffic control overhaul to cost $31.5 billion
House appropriators appear ready to boost FAA funding by $2.3 billion, to $23.3 billion, in the fiscal 2026 Transportation-HUD spending bill, which included $10.4 billion to "fully fund air traffic control
GOP spending bills run into intraparty friction in House
House Republican appropriators are running into headwinds in their attempt to move fiscal 2026 spending bills before the August break, struggling both with a tight schedule and intraparty differences on
This week: Top three House reconciliation markups take center stage
There are plenty of fiscal 2026 budget hearings scheduled in both the House and the Senate this week, as well.
‘Skinny’ White House budget leaves some Senate Republicans hungry for more
The $119 billion boost to defense is entirely offset by equal cuts to nondefense programs in fiscal 2026, amounting to a nearly 17 percent reduction on average, keeping overall agency budgets flat at a
Long-term stopgap measure sets up partisan clash
At the same time, Democrats pointed out that a nearly $23 billion "advance" appropriation for the VA’s fiscal 2026 costs associated with the new toxic-exposure benefits law was missing from the text.
Trump’s tariffs, nominees and budget plans dominate Congress this week
Because we’ve got a tough … mid-presidential year election coming up in 2026, and we cannot lose the House or the Senate, because then the president will be dead in the water."
Cole, taking no chances, readies for primary ‘bar fight’
"Regardless of this outcome, I am going to run a reelection campaign in 2026," Bondar said in an interview. "Tom is 75 years old.
Northeast Corridor gets $16 billion amid Amtrak fight
The 2021 infrastructure law provided $22.4 billion in total from fiscal 2022 to 2026 to the Northeast Corridor Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail Grant Program.
Congress · 117th Congress
Senate confirms Brainard as Fed vice chair but COVID-19 trips Democrats on Cook vote
Brainard’s term on the board and as vice chair expires in 2026. Niels Lesniewski contributed to this report.
Congress · 117th Congress
Democrats hope to expand housing vouchers on infrastructure bill
Waters’ draft bill would increase the number of vouchers incrementally for five years and then guarantee subsidies for all who qualify starting in 2026.