Congress · 119th Congress
This week: DHS faces possible shutdown ahead of congressional recess
↵↵While 11 of the 12 annual spending bills have become law for fiscal 2026, the Homeland Security Department's funding will expire on Friday.
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↵↵While 11 of the 12 annual spending bills have become law for fiscal 2026, the Homeland Security Department's funding will expire on Friday.
↵↵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
↵↵According to a new page posted on Jan. 6, 2026, about Jan. 6, 2021, on whitehouse.gov, "The Democrats masterfully reversed reality after January 6, branding peaceful patriotic protesters as 'insurrectionists
↵↵Republicans may also bring up additional appropriation bills for fiscal 2026, with less than a month before the expiration of the current continuing resolution.
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has acknowledged the difficulty, calling health care "a very complicated issue" while adding that there is "much more to come … to bring down the cost of health care" in early 2026
↵↵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.
'Year for Main Street'↵↵Still, Trump and top administration officials say their plans for 2026 will be even bigger than what has gone down this year.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
↵↵"In 2026, we are going to see very substantial tax refunds in the first quarter.
↵↵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.
Congress' schedule for next year is set after the Senate rolled out its 2026 calendar Wednesday, a day after the House unveiled its own version.Â