Republican appropriators in the House unveiled their first two fiscal 2027 spending bills Thursday, kicking off a 10-week stretch of bill releases and markups.
House Appropriations subcommittees are expected to advance the first two spending proposals — Military Construction-Veterans Affairs and Financial Services-General Government — during a joint markup Friday.
The fiscal 2027 appropriations sprint begins less than two weeks after the White House sent its budget request to Congress. That proposal recommends a 10 percent reduction to nondefense discretionary spending, including steep cuts at EPA and other environment and energy agencies.
There are major challenges ahead. Republican appropriators are releasing fiscal 2027 bills while House Republican leaders continue to sit on a bipartisan, Senate-passed measure to fund parts of the Department of Homeland Security for fiscal 2026. House GOP leaders say they plan to schedule a vote on the DHS bill once the Senate makes some progress on a separate party-line spending and tax bill.
