Government Funding: Temporary Extension Through December 2026
The Senate must act next: Senate consideration, where most legislation needs 60 votes to advance.
220–205
This is a standard bill used to avoid a shutdown. Since it was introduced by the Appropriations Chair, it has strong leadership backing.
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Defense funding continues so troops keep getting paid and current operations continue, but the bill blocks new weapons production, blocks increasing production rates above 2026 levels, and blocks starting new multi-year procurement contracts, which can delay modernization and new equipment deliveries.
“No appropriation or funds made available or authority granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department of Defense shall be used for: (1) the new production of items not funded for production in fiscal year 2026 or prior years”
Received in the Senate.
The Senate has received the House-passed bill and will decide whether to take it up.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 220 - 205 (Roll no. 272).
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 220 - 205 (Roll no. 272).
The House of Representatives voted to approve this bill. It now goes to the Senate.
Considered as unfinished business.
On Passage
House GOP leaders released text Friday for a bill to fund the federal government from Oct. 1 until Dec. 4, 2026, bypassing the bipartisan appropriations process to avoid a shutdown fight before the midterm elections. The bill includes WIC flexibility and disaster relief funding.
House Republican leaders are preparing to bring a stopgap measure to the floor that would keep federal agencies funded through Dec. 4. The bill, called the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2027, aims to avert a government shutdown before the Sept. 30 deadline.
The Continuing Appropriations Act, 2027, would sustain current funding levels through Dec. 4 while adding no policy riders. It includes extensions for SNAP, WIC, and the Disaster Relief Fund, and blocks pay raises for members of Congress.
Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
Continuing Appropriations Act, 2027
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