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By Eugene Mulero

September 4, 2025

Lawmakers returned from their August recess staring at a deadline to finalize fiscal 2026 funding for the federal government.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said any consideration of fiscal appropriations measures would coincide with the chamber’s debate on an annual policy bill for the Pentagon. But he noted that the Senate Appropriations Committee made progress over the summer to ensure funding for government agencies before a Sept. 30 deadline.

“We’ve already done some good work on appropriations — in fact, for the first time in years, we went into August having passed three of the 12 appropriations bills,” the leader said Sept. 2. “The last time that happened, a single appropriations bill passed before the August break, was [2018]. But needless to say there is a lot more to do.” View the full article: TTNews.com