BGOV OnPoint: House Panel Races to Wrap Up Spending Bills

June 12, 2026, 9:05 AM UTC

House appropriators advanced two more spending bills this week, while senators postponed their first markups for fiscal 2027.

The full House Appropriations Committee approved the Homeland Security and Labor-HHS-Education bills along party lines, marking 11 of 12 funding measures to advance.

Those bills are among the most contentious, with Democrats opposing immigration enforcement funds and a provision to end interest-free loans for undergraduate students.

Download the BGOV OnPoint: House Readies Most Appropriations Bills for Floor Action

Only the Defense spending bill hasn’t moved through the full House panel, but was teed up in a subcommittee markup Thursday.

The Senate panel ...

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