US Edition$174B spending package to avert shutdown clears key hurdle in Senate
The Senate approved funding for seven federal departments with $174 billion, but Homeland Security funding is delayed due to demands for Immigration and Customs Enforcement accountability.
- On Thursday, the U.S. Senate moved to advance a three-bill package funding the Departments of Commerce, Justice and Interior, and the Environmental Protection Agency .
- With the Jan. 30 deadline looming, the Senate will face six remaining appropriations bills after the U.S. House of Representatives approved eight of the 12 annual spending measures.
- On Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives approved a package containing two measures covering the Departments of Defense; Transportation; Housing and Urban Development; Labor; Health and Human Services; Education; and Homeland Security.
- Homeland Security funding stalled after an ICE officer fatally shot Renee Good in Minnesota, and Democrats said they will not support a bill lacking new U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement accountability measures.
- House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said `As we approach the appropriations process related to Homeland Security funding, Democrats in the House and the Senate have demanded changes to the way in which ICE conducts itself`, increasing pressure on appropriations negotiators before the funding deadline.
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Senate passes more spending bills, but Homeland Security dispute looms
Congress is halfway home in approving government funding for the current budget year that began Oct. 1 after the Senate overwhelmingly passed a three-bill package on Thursday.
ICE Shooting In Minnesota Derails Homeland Security Spending Bill
Rep. Rosa DeLauro, the top Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, says the ICE shootings in Minneapolis are making it much harder to get a deal on the spending bill for the Department of Homeland Security. (Angelina Katsanis/POLITICO via AP)The contentious debate over an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer killing a woman in Minneapolis has stalled progress on the annual funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security.Bipar…
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Govt. funding process advances as three more bills to become law; six remain
(The Center Square) – With the U.S. Senate sending a roughly $180 billion funding package to the president’s desk Thursday, Congress has now knocked out half of the annual appropriations bills funding federal agencies in fiscal year 2026.
Senate passes trio of spending bills
The Senate on Thursday passed a package of three spending bills, hitting the halfway mark in its push to fund the government for fiscal 2026 ahead of the end-of-month deadline. Senators green-lighted the second three-bill minibus, 82-15. The package included measures to fund the Commerce, Justice, Energy and Interior departments through the end of September. [...]
Senate tees up final vote on trio of government funding bills
The Senate on Thursday cleared a final procedural hurdle toward passing a trio of spending bills, a move that would ensure that half of the fiscal year 2026 funding measures are complete two weeks before the deadline to avert a partial government shutdown. Lawmakers overwhelmingly advanced the three-bill “minibus,” 85-14. It included measures to fund…
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