Amendment SA 3937 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 60 - 40. Record Vote Number: 616.
Motion to table amendment SA 3941 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 76 - 24. Record Vote Number: 614.
SA 3942 fell when SA 3941 tabled.
Proposed amendment SA 3943 to language proposed to be stricken by SA 3937 withdrawn in Senate.
SA 3944 fell when SA 3943 to language proposed to be stricken by SA 3937 withdrawn.
SA 3945 fell when cloture invoked on SA 3937.
SA 3946 fell when when SA 3945 fell.
SA 3947 fell when when SA 3946 fell.
This is a large funding package that ends a government shutdown by temporarily funding most of the federal government through January 30, 2026, while providing full-year 2026 funding for agriculture, veterans, military construction, and Congress itself, plus extending dozens of expiring health and other programs.
Most federal agencies get temporary funding at 2025 levels through January 30, 2026, or until Congress passes regular funding bills, whichever comes first. Federal employees who were furloughed or forced to work without pay during the shutdown will receive back pay, and any layoffs (reductions in force) that agencies tried to carry out during the shutdown are cancelled and blocked until January 30, 2026. States or other groups that spent their own money to keep federal programs running during the shutdown can be reimbursed, including for interest costs.
The Department of Agriculture, food safety inspectors, farm loan programs, and the FDA get full-year 2026 funding. The bill changes the legal definition of "hemp" to cover total THC content (not just one type of THC) and restricts many hemp-derived products with cannabinoids, blocks a planned FDA rule on genetically modified/gene-edited embryos, keeps school breakfast flexibility on fruit-vegetable substitutions, and bans buying poultry or seafood from China for school meal programs.
Veterans Affairs health care, disability payments, and benefits offices get full-year funding, along with construction of military bases and family housing. The bill protects the Veterans Crisis Line from staffing cuts, funds fertility treatment and adoption help for veterans with service-connected infertility, requires VA to phase out use of Social Security numbers for identification by September 2026, and blocks closing the Guantanamo Bay naval station.
The House, Senate, Capitol Police, Library of Congress, and other legislative agencies get full-year funding. Members of Congress will not get a pay raise in 2026, leftover office budget money must go toward reducing the national debt, and new rules protect Senators' emails and data from secret government surveillance requests, allowing lawsuits if those protections are violated.
Numerous expiring health programs are temporarily extended through January 30, 2026, including community health centers, funding for doctors to work in underserved areas, diabetes research programs, and Medicare telehealth flexibilities (like letting patients see doctors from home). Certain Medicaid payment cuts to hospitals serving many low-income patients are also delayed until January 31, 2026.
The bill renews, through 2030, the fee system that funds FDA review of over-the-counter drugs like sunscreen and cold medicine, and changes how FDA evaluates whether these drugs are safe, allowing more real-world evidence and less animal testing. It also directs the FDA to clarify how prescription drugs can be switched to over-the-counter status.
Many expiring farm programs from the 2018 farm bill are extended, generally through September 2026, including crop insurance-related commodity supports, dairy pricing contracts, and emergency food aid programs for developing countries. Some related grant programs, like ones for renewable chemical manufacturing and certain crop surveys, are not extended and will lose funding.