President Trump this week signed legislation that would fund the rest of the federal government through September 30, 2026, except the Department of Homeland Security.
House and Senate leadership and the White House struck a deal last week to advance an appropriations bill to fund the remainder of federal government operations through the fiscal year, but were unable to reach an agreement on funding for the Department of Homeland Security for the remainder of the fiscal year.
In a 217-214, mostly party-line vote, the House advanced the bill that included the following appropriations bills: Defense, Financial Services, Labor/HHS/Education, National Security/State, and Transportation/HUD.
The Senate passed the bill by a 71-29 vote.
The bill included a 14-day extension for the Homeland Security portion, setting the deadline for passage of that section on February 13.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) this week said that “it may be the best way to deal with this particular appropriations bill is, do a year-long CR (Continuing Resolution) if that’s what it takes.”
“I don’t know how you – if they agree on something today,” Sen. Thune said later on Thursday, “if you have to go through the procedural, file all the things we have to do over here in the Senate – how we would ever get it done by next week.”
