Free news from Congressman Cliff Bentz:Â This legislation includes funding for the Department of Defense (DOD); Financial Services and General Government (FSGG); the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education; National Security; the Department of State and Related Programs (NSRP); and Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development (THUD).
(The Center Square) – The ball is in the U.S. Senate’s court to avert a government shutdown Jan. 30, with six fiscal year 2026 appropriations bills signed into law and six more having passed the House.
(The Center Square) – U.S. senators have left town for a week-long recess, leaving themselves only five days to pass the six remaining federal government funding bills.
(The Center Square) – Congress faces a mountain of political challenges when it resumes session next week, including a potential government shutdown, a health care affordability crisis, and the ongoing release of the Epstein files.
(The Center Square) – When Congress returns next week, lawmakers will have less than a month to pass the remaining nine appropriations bills funding federal agencies in fiscal year 2026.
(The Center Square) – U.S. lawmakers have left town for the holidays without making any actionable progress on the long-delayed fiscal year 2026 government funding bills.
(The Center Square) – Despite only having until the end of January to pass the remaining nine annual government funding bills, Congress has so far made minimal progress.
