Shutdown drags on amid talk of side deals to get stopgap unstuck
Mike Rounds, R-S.D., referring to passing regular fiscal 2026 spending bills this month. Sen.
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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
Shutdown pain may not be evenly spread as OMB readies hatchet
Expired ACF programs include low-income heating and cooling assistance, preschool development grants and community services block grants, all of which Trump’s fiscal 2026 budget proposed to eliminate and
Amid court review, Trump says tariff revenue can aid farmers
But the Congressional Budget Office estimated in July that starting in fiscal 2026 the reconciliation law would use up its annual $30 billion borrowing cap to finance the law’s increased spending on commodity
Temporary spending bill passes House, likely to stall in Senate
But they ended up voting for the bill after leadership expanded a pilot program for members to hire private security and promised to bolster funding in the fiscal 2026 Legislative Branch appropriations
Partisan stopgap funding bills fall short in Senate
And Murkowski wants the three full-year fiscal 2026 spending bills that are headed for a House-Senate conference committee — Military Construction-VA, Agriculture and Legislative Branch — attached to the
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
Des Moines school board chair Norris enters Iowa Senate race
On the Republican side, Ernst has not yet formally announced whether she is running for reelection in 2026, leading to some speculation that she may retire. Inside Elections with Nathan L.
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
Are prices up or down? Parsing misleading claims by Trump and Democrats
average price of electricity, which Trump has singled out as a priority, has risen about 6 percent between January and June and is projected to continue increasing faster than the rate of inflation through 2026
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
Senate GOP pushes spending bills as Democratic anger builds
Senate Republican appropriators want their leadership to bring an initial package of fiscal 2026 spending bills to the floor before August recess, Appropriations Chair Susan Collins, R-Maine, said Thursday
House passes three crypto bills with varying Democratic support
The House Armed Services Committee approved its fiscal 2026 defense policy bill earlier this week.
GOP narrowly advances rescissions package to Senate floor
Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought agreed to provide an unspecified amount to mitigate the impact on Native American reservations from the cancellation of $1.1 billion in advance fiscal 2026
Crypto, Defense bills back on track after Oval Office talk
Three pieces of cryptocurrency legislation and the fiscal 2026 Defense appropriations bill appeared ready for House floor action on Wednesday after stalling out for much of the day on Tuesday.
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
Appropriators advance Legislative Branch bill without GAO cuts
Senate appropriators approved their fiscal 2026 Legislative Branch bill Thursday, which would boost spending for Congress by roughly 5 percent and avoid cuts to the Government Accountability Office.
FAA administrator nomination headlines a respite week for senators
The Senate Armed Services Committee has a full week of subcommittee and full committee markups of the fiscal 2026 defense authorization bill, which per tradition, is considered largely in closed session
Walz and Johnson make misleading claims about bill’s impact on SNAP
And about 65 percent of households receiving SNAP benefits would see a decline in monthly benefits of about $10 on average, beginning in 2026, due to the change in counting internet costs as household
Iowa Democrats see signs of optimism for 2026 despite state’s hard-right turn
"We’ve got some real opportunities here in 2026, and it’s evidenced by the fact that we have so many candidates who are throwing their hat in the ring," Iowa Democratic Party Chair Rita Hart said.