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↵↵Federal unions said in a court filing late last month that many federal agencies were forced to hold off on their full layoff plans throughout 2025 and into early 2026 because of litigation and that
Congressional earmarks returned with a vengeance in fiscal 2026, with familiar faces topping the rankings in each chamber.
But passage of the five-bill package, while four months late, nonetheless ensures that all other federal agencies will have full funding through September.
↵↵Congress stripped out that Homeland Security portion from a fiscal 2026 spending package and agreed to a short-term extension of current funding levels to negotiate.
The "hotline" process requires all 100 senators to agree not to raise an objection, and that wasn't happening quickly.↵↵Sen.
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
promptly rejected a Senate Democratic proposal for restraints on federal immigration agents Wednesday, saying those talks should occur on a separate track from negotiations on a $1.3 trillion fiscal 2026
The Senate cleared a roughly $180 billion, three-bill spending package for President Donald Trump's signature Thursday, marking a halfway point in completing long-delayed fiscal 2026 appropriations.
↵↵Republicans may also bring up additional appropriation bills for fiscal 2026, with less than a month before the expiration of the current continuing resolution.
For years, funding has been consistent at around $550 million per year, though both chambers in their fiscal 2026 bills have proposed cuts. Â
The funding package that was approved included three of the 12 regular fiscal 2026 spending bills, while Congress punted the deadlines for the remaining bills to the end of January.
↵↵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
↵↵As the fiscal 2026 bill edges closer to enactment, one of the few last-minute controversies shadowing it concerns whether the measure goes far enough to restrict military aircraft operations in close
But so far, the two chambers and the two parties remain on different paths when it comes to fiscal 2026 spending bills.
Under the deal, the legislation would combine three full-year spending bills for fiscal 2026 with a continuing resolution to fund the rest of the government through Jan. 30.
↵↵"We had some issues to discuss," was all Johnson would say as he left the floor late Sunday.
"I don't see anything changing, if at all, for a while."↵↵Even before the conference, Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., called the plan a nonstarter in its current form.
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
Senate Republican leaders plan to abandon a House-passed funding patch to reopen government and pivot to a new bill that would provide more time to complete fiscal 2026 appropriations.
"We all feel like it’s getting pretty stale, and adults can just get in the room and figure out how to talk to one another," she said.