Top appropriators released bill text Monday morning of a ⭐️three-bill funding package leaders in both chambers aim to pass ahead of the Jan. 30 government shutdown deadline.
The legislation would fund the departments of Energy, Commerce, Interior and Justice,
-- as well as water programs, the EPA and federal science initiatives through the Sept. 30 end of the current fiscal year.
The compromise is the product of negotiations between House and Senate appropriators following a deal last month on overall totals.
GOP leaders are making plans to shore up votes and put the package on the House floor #Thursday, according to three people with direct knowledge of the matter.
⚠️Besides those bills, Congress still has six other funding measures to wrap up for fiscal 2026,
after enacting three within the stopgap that ended the government shutdown in November.
That trio slated funding through September for the departments of Veterans Affairs and Agriculture, -- along with military construction projects, the Food and Drug Administration and operations of Congress.
💥The remaining bills include the two largest funding measures,
which cover the departments of Defense, Health and Human Services, Labor and Education.

But barring another breakthrough in the next few weeks, those politically thorny measures are likely to be funded under another #stopgap for a few more weeks or months,

along with bills that cover funding for the IRS and the departments of Homeland Security, State, Transportation, Treasury and Housing and Urban Development

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/01/05/congress/3-bill-funding-package-released-following-house-senate-breakthrough-00710477?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky

Lilbits: A new handheld Linux PC, Google opens up the Play Store (a little), Samsung’s web browser comes to PCs

In many ways, handheld gaming PCs are the modern descendants of the UMPCs (ultra mobile PCs) from twenty years ago. But with a few exceptions, most don’t have the keyboards or long battery life that you’d want for general purpose computing.

Fortunately for fans of handheld computing, we’ve also seen a number of DIY solutions in recent years, often built around Raspberry Pi hardware or similar […]

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House Prepares for Friday Vote on Stopgap Funding Amid Partisan Tensions

Republican leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives are aiming for a Friday vote on a stopgap funding bill, hoping to avoid a government shutdown by the September 30 deadline. The proposed bill, a short-term funding extension through November 21, has sparked tensions as Democrats threaten to opp... [More info]

I sent a long note to Shumer last night...not that that's what did it. 🙂

NYTimes: Trump Administration Live Updates: Shutdown Looms With Democrats Opposing 6-Month Stopgap Bill
Trump Administration Live Updates: Shutdown Looms With Democrats Opposing 6-Month Stopgap Bill https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03/12/us/trump-news?smid=nytcore-android-share

#stopgap #Trump #Democrats #CR

In an attempt to avoid a #GovernmentShutdown at the end of next week, #Trump & #House Speaker #MikeJohnson are pitching a #stopgap bill that would keep federal dollars flowing through Sept 30. Trump & Johnson are embracing it as a way to avoid a politically damaging shutdown fight among #Republicans while still giving Trump wide latitude to slash spending on his own in defiance of #Congress & the #law.

#HouseRepublicans #ChaosCaucus #USpol
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/us/politics/trump-johnson-republicans-spending-bill.html?smid=url-share

The House Ethics Committee plans to
✅ release an investigative report into the conduct of former Representative #Matt #Gaetz of Florida, according to three people with knowledge of the matter.
Mr. Gaetz had resigned from the House after Donald Trump named him as his pick for attorney general,
but Mr. Gaetz ended his candidacy after the weight of allegations of sex trafficking and drug use made it clear he would not be confirmed by the Senate.
He consistently denied the allegations.

#Robert F. #Kennedy Jr., Mr. Trump’s selection for health secretary, is expected back on Capitol Hill on Wednesday for more meetings with Republican senators.
His audiences so far have been friendly lawmakers but he may find a more skeptical greeting soon:
➡️ He is expected to meet with Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska who has said she wants to question him on his anti-vaccine advocacy.

Speaker Mike Johnson is defending the 1,500-page #stopgap #spending #bill unveiled on Tuesday.
It started as a simple measure to avert a government shutdown until mid-March
but became a magnet for more than $100 billion in emergency disaster and farm aid,
plus unrelated policy measures.
An array of House Republicans are unhappy with it.
Mr. Johnson went on “Fox and Friends” on Wednesday to defend the bill, saying his thin margin in the House and Democratic control of the Senate and White House meant
“any bill has to have Democrat votes.”

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12/18/us/trump-news?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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