BGOV OnPoint: Senate Aims to Pass Spending Package Before Recess

Senators are negotiating a path forward on a fiscal 2026 spending package before departing for August recess.

The package could include three measures approved in committee: Agriculture-FDA (S. 2256; BGOV Bill Analysis); Military Construction-VA (H.R. 3944; BGOV Bill Analysis), and Legislative Branch (S. 2257; BGOV Bill Analysis).

The chamber’s Appropriations Committee also approved its Defense (S. 2572) and Labor-HHS-Education (S. 2587) measures this week in two 26-3 votes.

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Senators have wrangled over which measures to include in the “minibus.” The ...