Congress · 119th Congress
Hill added $34 billion in unrequested defense program funds
↵↵In fact, the $34 billion in fiscal 2026 defense program increases cost more than the fiscal 2026 budgets for the Department of Agriculture or Treasury or Labor.
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↵↵In fact, the $34 billion in fiscal 2026 defense program increases cost more than the fiscal 2026 budgets for the Department of Agriculture or Treasury or Labor.
↵↵"This was totally unexpected — not part of my plan at all," she said.
Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkin is the latest Democrat to join the crowded all-party primary for the open governor's race.
For all the lawmakers who've announced plans to retire from congressional service after 2026, there's a long list of former members from both parties who want to be back in Congress.
For years, funding has been consistent at around $550 million per year, though both chambers in their fiscal 2026 bills have proposed cuts.
↵↵"People ask me all the time, 'What are you hoping for in 2026 that will be the legacy of this celebration?'
↵↵Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and ranking member Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., want Congress to delete a provision in the fiscal 2026 National Defense Authorization Act that they say would undermine safety
↵↵Six House Democrats joined all but two voting Republicans in support of the spending package. And they all represent swing seats: retiring Maine Rep.
↵↵"Democrats, Republicans, and Independents will unify and vote to fire Kathy Hochul to Save New York next year once and for all," she said. "We will not fail."
↵↵And the fact that the money being used comes out of multiyear appropriations that remain available in fiscal 2026 means the maneuvers comply with the Antideficiency Act, the administration argues.
The barrage of negative press is likely to ratchet up pressure on Congress, especially among vulnerable lawmakers up for reelection in 2026, to resolve the impasse and reopen the government, adding
“The very fact that we have a government shutdown is all the more reason to be here so that we can do everything we possibly can to end this terrible thing for the American people.”
So there’s all kinds of things being floated around, but I don’t have any idea exactly what we’re thinking about," Boozman said. The USDA could use its Section 32 authority to fund SNAP, he said.
Those accounts make funding available for two fiscal years, which in this case would extend through Sept. 30, 2026.
Collins is shopping a commitment, in writing, to take up the Affordable Care Act tax credit issue as well as full-year fiscal 2026 spending packages, by a date certain.
Maine secretary of state and state representative, Dunlap said in the video that he would fight back against the Trump administration if elected to Congress, declaring his support for "’Medicare for All
Bernie Sanders said, "This government shut down is all about whether Republicans will get away with raising health care premiums by 75 percent for 20 million Americans and throwing 15 million people off
I mean we all know the program is broken and needs to be fixed."
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
to reject Republicans in 2026 when Democrats retake the House majority,” DCCC spokesperson Viet Shelton said in a statement to At The Races.