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↵↵House Republican leaders released draft legislation Friday afternoon consisting of a package of health proposals aimed at reducing health care costs in 2026, aiming to lay down a marker ahead of the
House and Senate negotiators on Sunday published the text of their compromise fiscal 2026 defense authorization bill, setting it up for House floor action this week.Â
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
"I'm hoping that we can find a bill that can get 60 votes that can fix the problem with these changes for Jan. 1, 2026."
↵↵Leaders of the Armed Services committees are reported to have finished their work on a compromise fiscal 2026 defense policy bill, and bill text is likely to be unveiled this week.
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
↵↵Douglas Holtz-Eakin, president of the American Action Forum, was skeptical that much could be done for plan year 2026.
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.
Jayapal said the idea that members are lining their pockets while in office is only reinforced by provisions like the one senators slipped into the fiscal 2026 Legislative Branch appropriations bill earlier
↵↵The package buys Congress 11 more weeks to ramp up funding negotiations to complete work on fiscal 2026 spending bills.
↵↵A provision in the fiscal 2026 Legislative Branch spending bill, which is part of the package, would allow senators to sue for at least $500,000 each when federal investigators search their phone records
↵↵The top four leaders of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees met Friday to try to put the finishing touches on a package of three fiscal 2026 bills that have been in the works for weeks: the
over how long to extend government funding, as Senate leaders indicated negotiators will need more time beyond the Nov. 21 deadline proposed in the House-passed continuing resolution to finish fiscal 2026
Rank-and-file members have largely reported progress in talks aimed at moving appropriations bills for fiscal 2026 once the government reopens.
Republicans involved in the discussions have said much of the talks are centered on next steps for the appropriations process, as both chambers have fallen behind in passing the annual funding bills for fiscal 2026
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
The contingency fund is not available to support FY 2026 regular benefits, because the appropriation for regular benefits no longer exists," the memo says.