Funding Battle Collides with Reconciliation

Punchbowl News: “All eyes are on Republican senators as they wrestle over the details of a massive GOP reconciliation package, a bill that includes the heart of President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda.”

“But the reconciliation fight is impacting what’s already going to be a brutal partisan struggle over FY2026 government spending. DOGE funding cuts, tens of thousands of federal employees laid off, a $9 billion-plus rescissions package, the end of USAID — these are all already in play, and it’s only early June.”