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Senate, Funding Bills and Reasserting Power Over Spending

Gridlock crumbles as Senate advances spending bills in race against shutdown

Senate advances spending package despite Republican concerns over increased funding levels as lawmakers race to prevent government shutdown by Sept. 30.

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Senate Passes Key Funding Bills, Reasserting Power Over Spending

The Senate passed more than $180 billion in funding for veterans programs, new military facilities, the Agriculture Department and the Food and Drug Administration, as lawmakers moved to reassert their control over federal spending.

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Senate strikes deal to approve funding bills ahead of August recess

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced Friday afternoon that the chamber will be moving forward to pass its first tranche of government funding bills for fiscal 2026.

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Senate makes progress in averting a gov’t shutdown much earlier than usual

The Senate took a significant step towards averting an impending partial government shutdown by passing a tranche of funding ...

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Senate passes first funding package ahead of shutdown cliff

The chamber’s leaders hope to strike a compromise with House lawmakers before federal cash stops flowing on Oct. 1.

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Government shutdown talk is starting early ahead of a difficult funding fight in Congress this fall

Congressional leaders are already starting to trade blame for a government shutdown, two months before the funding deadline.

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Trump tells Chuck Schumer to ‘GO TO HELL’ over Senate nominee deal after negotiations blow up

Hours of tense negotiations to strike a deal on President Donald Trump’s nominees blew up Saturday night, and now lawmakers ...

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Senate panel advances more than $1 trillion in government funding for 2026

The Senate Appropriations Committee advanced legislation Thursday amounting to more than $1 trillion in government funding ...

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Senate GOP quietly urges House to shift approach on shutdown talk

Senate Republicans say President Trump has made it clear he doesn’t want a government shutdown, and they’re urging House GOP ...

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GOP lawmakers clash over strategy to avert government shutdown crisis

Republicans face internal divisions over shutdown prevention with 14 legislative days left, as some Freedom Caucus members ...

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Partisan rancor in Congress raises risk of US government shutdown this fall

Growing Democratic rancor in the U.S. Congress over President Donald Trump's tactics on the federal budget is threatening the ...

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Senate approves more than $180 billion in 2026 funding before August recess

The Senate on Friday passed its first tranche of government funding bills for fiscal year 2026 ahead of its upcoming August recess, but Congress is bracing for a potentially messy fight to prevent ...

Why Cortez Masto Tangled With Cory Booker on the Senate Floor

The Democrat from Nevada said she refused to be lectured about how to challenge President Trump, and she argues that her ...

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