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Earmarks flood spending bills after a year's hiatus

Congressional earmarks returned with a vengeance in fiscal 2026, with familiar faces topping the rankings in each chamber.

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Senate passes spending package with Homeland Security punt

A two-week stopgap Homeland Security measure is intended to buy time for bipartisan negotiations on immigration enforcement tactics.

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Six fiscal 2026 spending bills done, six more to go

The Senate cleared a three-bill spending package Thursday, marking a halfway point in completing long-delayed fiscal 2026 appropriations.

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House passes second spending package with more bills in pipeline

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.

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Senate appropriators aim to unveil unreleased spending bills - Roll Call

Senate appropriators may unveil at least one of their four unreleased fiscal 2026 spending bills the week of Nov. 24.

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Little sign of spending progress as top appropriators meet - Roll Call

Top appropriators met for the first time since the partial government shutdown but emerged with no clear road map to pass more bills.

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Broad ‘MAHA’ proposal largely calls for studies, awareness - Roll Call

The Trump administration on Tuesday presented a "Make America Healthy Again" plan to tackle rising chronic disease.

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Trump's health agency streamlining goals hit roadblock - Roll Call

Five months since the Trump administration rolled out grand plans for a signature health agency, Congress has shied away from making it happen.

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Corporation for Public Broadcasting will shut down this fall - Roll Call

The CPB announced it would close on Sept. 30, after Trump last month signed legislation canceling their funding for the next two years.

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Trump to Senate: Confirm more nominees before August recess - Roll Call

Nominations and appropriations remain at the forefront of the Senate's agenda for the final scheduled workweek before August recess.

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GOP spending bills run into intraparty friction in House - Roll Call

House Republican appropriators are facing intraparty headwinds as they try to move fiscal 2026 spending bills before the August break.

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Spending panel shake-up likely in Senate post-elections - Roll Call

Senate appropriators are facing what could be a major shake-up in subcommittee leadership after the upcoming elections.

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NIH reorganization unlikely to happen this Congress, analysts say - Roll Call

Post-pandemic frustration has spurred House and Senate Republicans to call for changes in how the agency conducts its day-to-day research.

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Nonprofits take a hit in House earmark rules - Roll Call

New House Appropriations earmark rules will ban funding for nonprofits in a social service grant program run by HUD.

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Cole eyes axing HUD earmarks for nonprofit organizations - Roll Call

Rep. Tom Cole is considering blocking nonprofits from receiving House earmarks under HUD's Economic Development Initiative grant program.

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Cardinals shuffle likely under House Appropriations shake-up - Roll Call

Rep. Tom Cole’s likely ascension to the Appropriations Committee gavel would open up a key subcommittee chairmanship.

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Cole: No time to waste electing new House Appropriations chair - Roll Call

Rep. Tom Cole of Oklahoma wants to keep next week's scheduled vote on track to fill the vacant House Appropriations chairman position.

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Cole considered early favorite to win House Appropriations gavel - Roll Call

Rep. Kay Granger's decision to step down early as chair of House Appropriations opens one of the most powerful jobs in Congress.

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House passes sweeping fiscal 2024 spending package - Roll Call

House appropriators breathed a sigh of relief Friday as the House narrowly passed the massive $1.2 trillion wrapup spending package.

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Final spending package unveiled, countdown to recess begins - Roll Call

Lawmakers released a more than $1.2 trillion, six-bill appropriations package early Thursday morning, less than 48 hours ahead of a Friday night deadline.

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DHS headed for yearlong stopgap as appropriations finale comes into focus - Roll Call

Negotiations over Homeland Security spending have fallen apart and lawmakers are now planning a stopgap measure for the agency.

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Senate clears stopgap bill, setting up final spending talks - Roll Call

Lawmakers averted a potential partial government shutdown after the Senate cleared a two-step continuing resolution Thursday.

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GOP adds social policy riders to House Labor-HHS-Education spending bill - Roll Call

As House scrambles to complete spending bills, the latest Labor-HHS-Education bill includes new conservative social policy riders.

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Johnson elected speaker for remainder of 118th Congress - Roll Call

Weeks of infighting among House Republicans opened a lane for their fourth-round draft pick to claim the gavel Wednesday.

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Stopgap funding bills hung up in both chambers - Roll Call

Efforts to pass a stopgap funding measure before Saturday night's deadline were sputtering in both chambers Friday.

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