The Senate approves more than $ 180 billion in 2026 financing before the August holiday

On Friday, the Senate approved the first segment of government financing bills for the fiscal year 2026 before the upcoming August holiday, but Congress is preparing for a potential to be chaotic to prevent closure upon their return in September.

The Chamber approved three bills that provide more than $ 180 billion of appreciated financing for old warriors affairs (VA) and agriculture, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), military construction, legislative sub -operations and rural development.

Bills were issued in two parts: in a vote 87-9 for military construction, VA, agriculture and the financing of the FDA; And 81-15 voting to finance the legislative branch.

Voice is the most uncertainty about whether the Senate will join the House of Representatives in a month’s rest period with any of the 12 annual financing bills that were removed from the room.

On Friday, Senator John Bouzman (R-Ark), who heads the sub-committee that formulated the VA financing bill for the whole year, said on Friday that he sees the first batch of bills as more than a “test test”.

“It has been a long time since we have gone our credits bills. Many people only [forgot] He told The Hill, “The procedures”, noting that in the previous Congress session, “they did not do bills.”

Specialists say voting is the first time since 2018 issued by the Senate Legal Legislation before the August holiday.

“It is really a matter of just a kind of legislation again, and the more we do so, the easier it is, the easier it will be with our return,” Bouzman said.

Last week, Senators had had several repetitions of the first financing package for this year, as leaders from both sides worked by frustrating in their ranks due to the proposed spending levels and measures conducted by the Trump administration, which is angry at the Democrats.

More than half of the financing approved on Friday is included in the annual military construction bill, which calls for more than $ 153 billion of estimated financing for the fiscal year 2026. This includes about $ 133 billion for VA and approximately $ 20 billion for the Ministry of Defense Building Program. More than $ 113 billion of estimated financing will go towards VA medical care.

The annual agricultural financing plan calls for $ 27 billion of estimated financing for the fiscal year 2026. It includes $ 8.2 billion for the additional feeding program for women, infants, and children (WIC), about $ 7 billion in the field of food management and inspection.

Democrats also highlighted $ 240 million in financing in the draft law for the McGOPERN-Dole Food for Eduction program, which was targeted in the last request of President Trump’s budget.

The annual legislative branch financing plan calls for about $ 7 billion for the operations of the House of Representatives and the elderly, the American Capitol Police and agencies such as the Library of Congress (LOC), the government accounting office, the Congress Research Service (CRS), the Congress Budget Office (CBO), and the Capitol engineer.

The Capitol Police will see a batch under the plan, along with the Central Bank of Oman, while the financing of LOC, CRS and Gao will be kept at the financial levels of 2025. Legionships also approved $ 44.5 million of emergency funds aimed at enhancing security protection and membership protection, noting safety concerns after shooting at Minnesota legislators earlier this year.

The Republicans in the past were not sure whether the third draft law would be approved as part of the package this week until Senator John Kennedy (R-La), a senior shareholder, said that the deal was reached to allow him to vote on the procedure separately from other bills. Kennedy criticized the legislative branch financing bill for proposed spending levels.

He told reporters in late July: “It does not seem suitable for us to spend a lot of additional while everyone must take a discount,” he told reporters in late July. “Now, some of my colleagues indicate, yes, but additional spending is for members security.”

He said: “If you are going to spend additional money on the safety of the members, look for payment for the bill. I just think that the optics are terrible and policy terrible.” “We must adhere to ourselves with the same standard that everyone is being held, and for this reason I will vote no.”

Republicans also blame the resistance to the cinemore Chris van Holin (MD-M.) for the Trump administration’s transfer plans for the FBI headquarters to measure the efforts made to pass the annual Ministry of Justice financing bill.

Senators initially expected Bill, who also finances the Ministry of Trade and Science -related agencies, would be part of the package until these plans collapsed earlier this week amid a collision on the Trump administration’s plans to transfer the headquarters of the FBI.

Speaking from the Senate Hall on Thursday, Van Holin, the Great Democrat in the sub -committee that formulated the annual financing deal, said that he was paying for an amendment aimed at ensuring that the Federal Investigation Office had a “security headquarters 5”.

He referred to his previous attempt while considering the committee that temporarily led to the adoption of amending the draft funding law on the Ministry of Justice, which sought to prevent President Trump’s plans to preserve the headquarters of the FBI in Washington, DC, however, the change was canceled later after it threatened the strong Republican party opposition to threatening the bill.

“This did not happen because the members of the Credit Committee in the Senate, the Republicans and Democrat [of the FBI] He said: “We have a security headquarters 5.

Van Holin said he hoped that the bill would be able to “return to the right track” in September. However, Senator Jerry Moran, Chairman of the Sub-Committee alongside Van Hollen, gave somewhat dark look at the following steps for the draft law after the holiday. He said that a lot of focus in September is likely to have an agreement to stop financing, also known as the ongoing decision (CR), to maintain government financing until after the deadline for the closure of September 30.

“When we return from the holiday, we will move to work on CR to get us, so I think if CJS has a road, it is likely that CR will only be and will continue,” Moran said. “All the works we did disappear, and we will return to CR and finance these agencies at the same level and the same way we did last year.”

“Every time we say that we want to do allocation bills, there is a person who has a reason,” this is not this time, “not this,” no – because I did not get what I want. “This time we discuss the amendment that allowed the Senator who objected, but he wanted to commit to get the result he wants.”

“He did not win the committee, nor will he win in the Senate Hall, but I cannot think, but he can present his case. But he rejected this option,” he said.