The House passed the final batch of fiscal 2026 bills Thursday afternoon — a major step toward avoiding a partial government shutdown ahead of the Jan. 30 funding deadline.
The four spending bills — and two others the House approved last week — now head to the upper chamber, where senators will have just a few legislative days to get the six-bill package across the finish line.
While nearly four months late, House passage of all 12 fiscal 2026 bills represents a significant accomplishment for Republican and Democratic appropriators, who struggled for months to coalesce around bipartisan compromise measures.
If the Senate passes the six bills next week, Congress will have provided federal agencies — including EPA, the Department of Energy and the Interior Department — fresh funding levels and congressional direction for the first time since fiscal 2024.
