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First three fiscal 2026 appropriations bills pass Senate
The Senate passed its first fiscal 2026 spending bills, making up for lost time in the long-delayed process before preparing to leave town.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Senate approves funding package ahead of potential government shutdown
The Senate cleared a funding package in its marathon against a government shutdown on Friday night. Time runs out to fund the government, or pass a short-term package, known as a stop-gap resolution,
Senate passes funding bills as September deadline looms
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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 ...
THC ban gains momentum in Texas with matching House and Senate bills
T exas lawmakers appear to have turned a new leaf on a previously failed effort to ban THC, with the Texas House now ...
House, Senate panels differ on future of hate crime grants
House and Senate appropriators are divided in their fiscal 2026 spending bills on whether to zero out funding for grants ...
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 ...
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Spending, reproductive rights, road bills sent to Healey
The Legislature treated the last day of July as it so often does: with a blitz of action to advance or wrap up multiple bills ...
'Veto-rama' leads to NC Senate overriding Gov. Stein's vetoes for two gun-related bills
Those two bills will go into effect Dec. 1. WXII had a crew in Raleigh at the legislature, where the override votes drew a ...
Democrats pressure Schumer, Senate to hold line on GOP spending bills
House Democrats are cranking up the pressure on their Senate colleagues to hold the line against any Republican spending ...
House sends cryptocurrency bills to Trump
The House has passed three bills with new regulations intended to boost the legitimacy of the cryptocurrency industry.