House Republicans plan to cut funding for the Internal Revenue Service, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and for federal property, releasing a funding bill Sunday that Democrats promised to oppose.
The House Appropriations Committee released its fiscal 2026 Financial Services and General Government bill ahead of a planned subcommittee markup on Monday. The bill would cut budgets for the Treasury Department and other financial agencies.
Democrats slammed the bill, signaling an unsurprising partisan divide in a year when funding negotiations have moved slowly. Lawmakers face a Sept. 30 deadline to avoid a shutdown. They often rely on a stopgap measure ...