Senate Strikes Deal to Fund Government, Averting a Shutdown
The U.S. Senate struck a deal to fund the government on Thursday, averting a partial government shutdown as the mid-term elections loom large.
Senate Democrats and Republicans agreed to split the bill “funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) off from a ‘minibus’ package of five other major funding bills,” per The Hill.
The Senate will instead move a stopgap bill known as a continuing resolution (CR) that would fund DHS at current levels until Feb. 13.
The two sides had haggled over the length of the CR, with Democrats insisting on the two-week version that won out.
Republicans had sought a six-week CR.
Top Republicans will reportedly circulate the deal among its members to see if any amendments will be necessary. The five remaining bills covering the departments of Defense, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, Health and Human Services, Labor and Education are “full-year measures, meaning that roughly 96 percent of the government will be funded for fiscal 2026.” (Read more from “Senate Strikes Deal to Fund Government, Averting a Shutdown” HERE)
