The House will vote on Republicans’ proposal to fund energy and water programs this week as the Senate looks to kick off its own appropriations process amid partisan strife over funding levels.
In addition to the vote on the fiscal 2027 Energy-Water measure, House lawmakers will consider the GOP-drafted State-Foreign Operations bill. The House Appropriations Committee will also mark up its Defense measure — the last of its 12 annual spending bills.
Appropriators in the Senate will unveil and mark up their first fiscal 2027 measures Thursday, including bills to fund agriculture and conservation programs, NOAA, the National Science Foundation and climate resilience efforts. Partisan divisions scuttled previous markups in recent weeks.
The flurry of government funding work in both chambers underscores the urgency with which appropriators are trying to advance spending bills, eager to make headway on contentious but important proposals before the summer campaign season kicks into high gear.
