Senate Democrats threaten to block DHS funding bill
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The House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday rolled out its last four remaining appropriations bills, as lawmakers race to meet the Jan. 30 funding deadline. The last four bills would fund the departments of Homeland Security,
After the most recent fatal shooting by federal agents, Democrats are rejecting a DHS funding provision. It could shut the government down.
The package moves now to the Senate, which isn’t expected to take it up until the final week of January after a week-long recess.
The White House asked that the Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy solar and wind energy programs not be funded, but Congress provided $320 million total.
House lawmakers in both parties joined forces on Wednesday to pass a two-bill spending package to fund large parts of the federal government, marking the latest victory for bipartisan leaders racing to prevent a shutdown at month’s end.
There has been agreement on most other issues; on the four bills that have not passed, questions remain about DHS, $900 billion is discretionary spending for defense and $225 billion for labor, health and education.
The House Appropriations Committee Jan. 20 released text of a three-bill minibus for fiscal year 2026 that includes funding for key health programs and other bipartisan health care provisions and extensions.
BICE: “So, it’s the next three appropriations bills that were packaged together: Commerce, Justice and Science, Interior-Environment, and Energy and Water. And there’s some really big wins for the 5th Congressional District in this package,
A federal appropriations bill passed by the U.S. Senate on Thursday will channel hundreds of millions in science, energy and water spending to the Magnolia State and more than $10 million to Meridian.
Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo has signed the 2026 Appropriation bill into law. Governor Okpebholo had last week, proposed a budget of N939 billion to the Edo State House of Assembly (EDHA). The House of Assembly passed the budget into law after ...