Senate appropriators reach funding deal to avoid shutdown
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Senators on the Appropriations Committee on Sunday agreed to a funding bill that would prevent a government shutdown at the end of September and fund the government through part of December. An initial procedural vote is scheduled for Monday night, with Senate leaders eyeing to pass the bill before going on recess. The bill will…
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Senate today released bipartisan legislation funding the federal government past the September 30th deadline through the November election to December 11th, one week longer than the House-passed CR last month. https://t.co/lP6cnyttyq https://t.co/gQFHPtdgPG
— Craig Caplan (@CraigCaplan) August 3, 2026
The filibuster’s no longer about protecting debate
— Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) August 1, 2026
It’s now just a 60-vote supermajority requirement
Senators can stop a bill without ever speaking on the Senate floor
Rather than ensuring debate, the filibuster now makes debate obsolete
We should either restore it or nuke it pic.twitter.com/Zw9qKwJBM7