{"id":32942,"date":"2026-08-08T18:07:45","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T13:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=32942"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:07:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T13:07:45","slug":"senate-passes-stopgap-to-avert-pre-election-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=32942","title":{"rendered":"Senate passes stopgap to avert pre-election shutdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.axios.com\/SCvj_5FFrjCz_bgzTYFXOVmjG2A=\/0x0:7646x4301\/1366x768\/2026\/08\/08\/1786192766661.jpeg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Senate passed a stopgap spending bill early Saturday that would keep the government funded through Dec. 11, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/08\/07\/senate-republicans-august-recess-hemp-save-act-crypto\" target=\"_blank\">moving Washington<\/a> closer to avoiding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/07\/22\/senate-government-shutdown-democrats-republicans\" target=\"_blank\">another shutdown<\/a> before the November midterms.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why it matters:<\/strong> The bipartisan 90-6 vote would push the next government funding deadline past Election Day while offering some checks on the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>State of play:<\/strong> The measure, which now goes to the House, generally maintains funding levels after the fiscal year ends Sept. 30, with a few negotiated exceptions.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It blocks the administration from implementing a proposed rule to give senior political appointees a larger role in reviewing federal grants, the Associated Press <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/government-funding-shutdown-cr-a50b86875105a299498b846184a3736d#:~:text=Democrats%20secured%20language%20to%20ensure%20no%20money%20could%20be%20transferred%20to%20the%20Border%20Patrol.\" target=\"_blank\">reported<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>It prevents the administration from transferring money from other programs to the Border Patrol.<\/li>\n<li>It rejects a White House request for $1 billion to begin work on President Trump&#8217;s proposed new class of battleships.<\/li>\n<li>And it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/08\/05\/trump-ted-budd-senate-republicans-hemp\" target=\"_blank\">delays for one month<\/a> a looming ban on intoxicating hemp products, an issue that divided Senate Republicans.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Zoom in:<\/strong> The grants provision could prove one of the more consequential pieces of the short-term bill.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Office of Management and Budget <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/07\/09\/omb-grant-overhaul-pushback\" target=\"_blank\">proposed<\/a> rewriting rules in May to require senior political appointees review and consider whether discretionary grants advance the president&#8217;s agenda.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The big picture:<\/strong> The Senate worked through the night, taking votes on the stopgap funding measure, the confirmation of Attorney General Todd Blanche and a failed voter ID measure, which would change voting requirements.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The vote reflects how eager lawmakers in both parties are to avoid putting another shutdown at the center of an election campaign.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s next:<\/strong> The House will have to approve the Senate&#8217;s changes after lawmakers return from their August recess.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If it does, Washington will have traded a possible pre-election shutdown fight for a potentially much larger post-election showdown in December over spending levels, Trump&#8217;s grantmaking powers and the rest of the unfinished fiscal 2027 appropriations process.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Senate passed a stopgap spending bill early Saturday that would keep the government funded through Dec. 11, moving Washington closer to avoiding another shutdown before the November midterms. Why it matters: The bipartisan 90-6 vote would push the next government funding deadline past Election Day while offering some checks on the Trump administration. 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