(The Center Square) – Republican lawmakers will soon release the text of a federal funding stopgap bill, marking the fourth time in a row that Congress has punted on financing government agencies properly.

(The Center Square) – Exactly three weeks until the federal government runs out of funds, top Democrats and Republicans finally appear united on a general course of action to avert a shutdown.

(The Center Square) – With 26 days until the federal government runs out of money, top appropriators have narrowed in on their preferred funding gameplan: push the equivalent of the Senate’s three-bill minibus through the House, then let a Continuing Resolution temporarily cover the rest.

(The Center Square) – When House lawmakers return from their August recess in September, they’ll have to decide whether to remain on their partisan course in government funding negotiations, or unite to pass all 12 appropriations bills on time, starting with the Senate’s minibus.

(The Center Square) – As debate over the “One Big, Beautiful Bill” ramps up in the U.S. Senate, Congress’ nonpartisan scorekeeper projects that the GOP’s expansive tax cut and spending package would boost U.S. deficits by $3.3 trillion over the next decade.

(The Center Square) – Senate Republicans have finally found a way to include their SNAP reforms, worth $41 billion in federal savings, within the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.