From Fox News: After a brief series of delay tactics deployed by Democrats, the Senate passed a $174 billion spending package, sending a trio of funding bills to President Donald Trump’s desk.
The move puts Congress one step closer to averting a partial government shutdown, but lawmakers are only halfway through completing and passing the legislation needed to keep the lights on in Washington, D.C.
Neither party is keen to repeat the events of last fall, when Congress shattered the record for the longest government shutdown in history at 43 days. Still, hurdles remain before the fast-approaching Jan. 30 deadline to fund the government.
Despite attempts by Senate Democrats to slow the process, with lawmakers railing against recent actions by the Trump administration in Minnesota and Colorado, the power of jet fumes and an impending week-long break from the Capitol smashed through any resistance.
The report explains that the government funding consists of a three-bill package, known as a minibus, and includes legislation to fund commerce, justice, science and related agencies; energy and water development and related agencies; and interior, environment and related agencies.
Additional funding bills are still forthcoming. Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday, “Appropriators are working on another package of the four remaining bills, which I hope will receive the same bipartisan backing that has characterized the appropriations cycle thus far. And before the end of the month the Senate will need to process all of these funding bills and get them to the president’s desk.”
However, Democrats are now calling for restrictions on funding for ICE, amid the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal alien criminals.
🚨 JUST IN: US Senate PASSES government funding bill 82-15, it now heads to President Trump’s desk for signature, funding multiple departments
They must pass SIX more funding bills by the Jan. 30 deadline.
HOLD THE LINE ON ICE FUNDING, GOP! Do NOT give an inch to the Left. pic.twitter.com/EsCO90jeGs
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) January 15, 2026
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