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Senate Democrats agree to advance military construction, VA spending bill
UNITED STATES CAPITOL, WASHINGTON, D.C., JUL 22 – Senate advances fiscal 2026 funding bill with a 91-7 vote, amid Democratic concerns over GOP budget cuts and rescissions affecting key programs.
- In the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, Senate Democrats debate advancing the Veterans and Military Construction spending bill, a key test of bipartisan funding at a lunch meeting.
- The GOP intentionally started with the veterans bill as a popular measure after the Republican-controlled Congress clawed back $9 billion in cuts to foreign aid and public broadcasting.
- Widespread skepticism followed Republicans’ $9 billion cuts, Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., pleaded `Please work a deal with us that we can undo`, and Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., called it a `switcheroo`.
- Following the closed-door meeting, Senate Democrats remained silent, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer huddled that evening with Democratic leaders including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-NY, to plot strategy.
- With a Sept. 30 deadline looming, Congress must act, and Democratic leaders threaten a government shutdown later this year.
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Colorado Springs Gazette
Colorado PoliticsDemocrats offer tepid government funding support even as GOP eyes spending cuts
Senate Democrats are reluctantly offering Republicans vital votes to advance government funding measures despite a lack of GOP assurances that partisan methods won’t later be used to slash bipartisan spending deals. However, some Democrats suggest it could backfire to so…
Denver Gazette
Washington ExaminerDemocrats help Senate GOP advance funding bill amid shutdown threats
Senate Democrats voted overwhelmingly with Republicans on Tuesday to advance a House-passed spending measure that’s part of the annual budget, even as Democratic leaders threaten a government shutdown later this year. The procedural hurdle required 60 votes and cleared 90-8.…
WNTZ FOX 48
The HillSenate Democrats agree to advance military construction, VA spending bill
Senate Democrats on Tuesday cautiously agreed to advance bipartisan legislation funding military construction and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), less than a week after Republicans rammed through a partisan bill to defund PBS, NPR and global aid programs. Thirty-eight Democrats voted for a motion to proceed to the bill after holding a long lunchtime meeting in the Lyndon Baines Johnson Room just off the Senate floor to hash out their st…
Senate kicks off fraught appropriations process against shutdown deadline - Everett Post
(WASHINGTON) — The Senate on Wednesday took a step toward approving its first appropriation bill, agreeing to advance military construction and Veterans Affairs spending in a 90-8 vote. But lawmakers have a long way to go to avoid a government shutdown, with 12 appropriations bills to get through before the Sept. 30 deadline. The House, which has passed two appropriations bills, saw its legislative session ended early by Speaker Mike Johnson ami…
Senate kicks off fraught appropriations process against shutdown deadline - The Pulse of NH
Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Senate on Wednesday took a step toward approving its first appropriation bill, agreeing to advance military construction and Veterans Affairs spending in a 90-8 vote.But lawmakers have a long way to go...
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