Punchbowl News: “Something shocking is happening in Washington.”
“Since the record 43-day government shutdown ended in mid-November, congressional appropriators are trying to get their power back. And party leaders are pushing hard to give it to them.”
“Battered and bruised following the record-breaking shutdown, a flood of stopgap funding bills and rank-and-file members who refuse to vote for spending bills, House and Senate leaders are on the brink of reaching agreement on a full slate of FY2026 appropriations bills. They’ll still have to pass these bills — more accurately, funding packages — before the end of this month, though.”
