US EditionFinal Fiscal 2026 Spending Bills Pass House; Senate up Next
The House passed $1.2 trillion funding bills for key federal departments with bipartisan support to avoid a partial government shutdown by Jan. 30, after last year's 43-day closure.
- On Thursday, the House is expected to vote on the final appropriations bills after narrowly adopting a procedural rule 214-213 to consider the measures, with a final vote later Thursday afternoon.
- After last year's record 43-day shutdown, House leaders pressed to finish the annual bills funding the Departments of Defense; Health and Human Services; Homeland Security; Labor; Housing and Urban Development; Transportation; and Education as the final quartet of 12 annual appropriations bills.
- House leaders created an E-15 Rural Domestic Energy Council chaired by Stephanie Bice, R-OK, and Randy Feenstra, R-IA, allowing two amendments on the floor to secure conservative support.
- The House approved the DHS bill 220-207 and three other appropriations bills 341-88, with seven Democrats supporting DHS; next, the package heads to the Senate, which returns Monday to pass six bills next week.
- Because of ICE controversies, the Department of Homeland Security bill is handled separately, with negotiators securing a $20 million earmark for ICE body cameras and reducing detention beds by 5,500 after an earlier this month Minnesota officer-involved shooting.
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House passes final four appropriations bills to avoid shutdown
The House passed the final four of the 12 necessary government funding bills on Thursday, setting the stage for a marathon vote in the Senate as a government shutdown looms in eight days. The chamber voted 220-207 to pass the Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill and 341-88 for three other appropriations bills covering the departments of Defense, Labor, Health and Human Services, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development. B…
Many Democrats refuse to vote to fund ICE as US House passes 4 spending bills
Federal agents block in and stop a woman to ask her for another person’s whereabouts Monday, Jan. 19, 2026 in south Minneapolis. (Photo by Nicole Neri/Minnesota Reformer)WASHINGTON — The House Thursday passed four appropriations bills to fund the government and avert a partial shutdown, but Democrats largely objected to spending on the Department of Homeland Security amid aggressive immigration enforcement in communities across the country. Dem…
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