Senate leaders reach funding deal to avoid shutdown during campaign season
Senators are weighing policy exceptions, including a delayed grants rule, as both parties try to avert blame for a shutdown before voters go to the polls.
- Senate Appropriations Committee leaders unveiled a short-term funding bill on Sunday to avert a government shutdown during the campaign season, keeping federal agencies operating through December 11.
- Prioritizing campaign stability before the August recess, Senate Majority Leader John Thune pushed for the measure to avoid a third government shutdown in 10 months, departing from typical last-minute fiscal practices.
- Committee Chair Susan Collins and Sen Patty Murray negotiated a delay of a controversial OMB grant rule; critics feared it would politicize federal awards and harm research communities.
- Excluding the administration's $1 billion request for "Trump-class" battleships, the bill closes loopholes regarding Border Patrol funding; Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer praised Murray for blocking the disputed grants rule.
- Getting the bill to President Donald Trump's desk requires support from the GOP-controlled House, while Congress must still negotiate a dozen annual appropriations bills before fiscal year's end.
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U.S. Senate leaders reach funding deal to avoid shutdown during campaign season
The Senate is likely to vote on the measure before leaving Washington at week's end for its traditional August recess, a period that many lawmakers want to spend shoring up their re-election prospects rather than working in the nation's capital
Senate Leaders Reach Deal on Bill to Fund Government Past Midterm Elections
The leaders of the Senate Appropriations Committee on Aug. 2 announced an agreement on the text of a bipartisan stopgap funding bill that would keep the government open through Dec. 11 and give lawmakers time to negotiate full-year spending bills ahead of the Sept. 30 end of the current fiscal year. The Continuing Appropriations Act 2027 would extend fiscal year 2026 funding levels and authorities across federal agencies. The stopgap expires Dec…
Influential U.S. senators announced on Sunday a short-term funding bill that would provide funding for federal agencies beyond the mid-term elections and until early December, in order to avoid a halt to government activities in the midst of an electoral campaign.
US senators unveil stopgap bill to avert shutdown before December 11
US senators have unveiled a short-term spending bill to keep federal agencies funded until December 11. The move aims to prevent another pre-election shutdown while Congress battles over spending priorities and a contested grants rule.
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Senate leaders reach funding deal to avoid shutdown during campaign season
Key senators unveiled a short-term spending bill on Sunday that would keep federal agencies funded past the midterm elections and into early December as they look to avoid a government shutdown during the middle of campaign season.
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