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↵↵More than the usual amount of arm-twisting was sometimes required for the year's significant legislation, including on votes setting up floor consideration of the fiscal 2026 defense authorization and
Advocates of state preemption, including Senate Commerce Chair Ted Cruz, R-Texas, fell short last year on attaching preemption to the GOP budget reconciliation law or the fiscal 2026 defense policy law
The funding was made available to spend through fiscal 2029, but the Pentagon said in a summary of its plans last month that it would work to "accelerate execution into FY 2026 if that can be done without
↵↵The appropriations bill is the only one of the 12 fiscal 2026 measures that has not become law.
First enacted as part of the fiscal 2017 defense authorization bill and amended most recently in the fiscal 2026 NDAA, 130i refers to the section of law that dictates how the Defense Department can conduct
↵↵He noted that the top four leaders of the Appropriations committees had reached an agreement on the fiscal 2026 Homeland Security spending bill, which passed the House before a second fatal shooting
But passing a second measure in 2026 could be a daunting task for congressional Republicans, particularly with a razor-thin margin in the House.
Capitol after the Senate voted on a government funding package on Thursday, January 29, 2026.
↵↵The five-bill fiscal 2026 package, which passed the Senate on Friday, punts on full-year funding for the Homeland Security Department as lawmakers try to negotiate tighter restrictions on federal immigration
↵↵The Senate is aiming to pass a package of five full-year fiscal 2026 spending bills — Defense, Labor-HHS-Education, Financial Services, National Security-State, and Transportation-HUD — along with a
Schumer were scrambling Thursday morning to ink a deal that would punt final decisions on fiscal 2026 Homeland Security funding but let five other spending bills get to President Donald Trump's desk next
At the same time five other final fiscal 2026 spending bills that were caught in limbo by the partisan clash over immigration policy would be allowed to pass.
↵↵News reports indicate that some 2,400 Guard troops are to remain in Washington through the end of 2026.
A proposed 5 percent raise in Coast Guard discretionary funding in fiscal 2026 hangs in the balance amid a congressional fight over funding for the Department of Homeland Security.
↵↵The pending fiscal 2026 DHS funding bill would bankroll two additional MQ-9B drones for $98 million. None of these aircraft are armed with missiles.
The Senate plans to take up the package next week to meet a Jan. 30 deadline, but a potential snowstorm could present a hurdle.
↵↵The moves come after a provision to require chip companies to prioritize sales to U.S. firms before selling chips overseas was removed from the fiscal 2026 defense authorization law, known as the NDAA
"We live in 2026."↵↵Rasmussen, who was in Washington for initial but brief negotiations with the White House last week, welcomed Trump stating clearly that U.S. military action was off the table.
↵↵On Capitol Hill, lawmakers have largely been focused on wrapping up the fiscal 2026 spending bills ahead of a Jan. 30 deadline. But voters continue expressing concerns about the economy.
The House aims to finish its work on fiscal 2026 appropriations bills this week, after releasing a four-bill package early Tuesday headlined by funding for the Pentagon and the Department of Health and