Senate passes stopgap to avert pre-election shutdown
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The U.S. Senate passed a stopgap spending measure early Saturday by an overwhelming bipartisan vote, keeping the government funded through December 11 and averting a shutdown before the midterm elections. The bill imposes restrictions on the Trump administration, including blocking fund transfers to Border Patrol and rejecting a request for $1 billion to begin construction of a new class of battleships.
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*Senate Majority Leader John Thune walks through the U.S. Capitol after an overnight session early Saturday. Photo: Finn Gomez/Getty Images*
The Senate passed a stopgap spending bill early Saturday that would keep the government funded through Dec. 11, moving Washington closer to avoiding another shutdown before the November midterms.
**Why it matters:** The bipartisan 90-6 vote would push the next government funding deadline past Election Day while offering some checks on the Trump administration.
**State of play:** The measure, which now goes to the House, generally maintains funding levels after the fiscal year ends Sept. 30, with a few negotiated exceptions.
* It blocks the administration from implementing a proposed rule to give senior political appointees a larger role in reviewing federal grants, the Associated Press reported.
* It prevents the administration from transferring money from other programs to the Border Patrol.
* It rejects a White House request for $1 billion to begin work on President Trump's proposed new class of battleships.
* And it delays for one month a looming ban on intoxicating hemp products, an issue that divided Senate Republicans.
**Zoom in:** The grants provision could prove one of the more consequential pieces of the short-term bill.
* The Office of Management and Budget proposed rewriting rules in May to require senior political appointees review and consider whether discretionary grants advance the president's agenda.
**The big picture:** The Senate worked through the night, taking votes on the stopgap funding measure, the confirmation of Attorney General Todd Blanche and a failed voter ID measure, which would change voting requirements.
* The vote reflects how eager lawmakers in both parties are to avoid putting another shutdown at the center of an election campaign.
**What's next:** The House will have to approve the Senate's changes after lawmakers return from their August recess.
* If it does, Washington will have traded a possible pre-election shutdown fight for a potentially much larger post-election showdown in December over spending levels, Trump's grantmaking powers and the rest of the unfinished fiscal 2027 appropriations process.
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The Senate passed a stopgap spending bill early Saturday that would keep the government funded through Dec. 11, moving Washington closer to avoiding another shutdown before the November midterms.
**Why it matters:** The bipartisan 90-6 vote would push the next government funding deadline past Election Day while offering some checks on the Trump administration.
**State of play:** The measure, which now goes to the House, generally maintains funding levels after the fiscal year ends Sept. 30, with a few negotiated exceptions.
* It blocks the administration from implementing a proposed rule to give senior political appointees a larger role in reviewing federal grants, the Associated Press reported.
* It prevents the administration from transferring money from other programs to the Border Patrol.
* It rejects a White House request for $1 billion to begin work on President Trump's proposed new class of battleships.
* And it delays for one month a looming ban on intoxicating hemp products, an issue that divided Senate Republicans.
**Zoom in:** The grants provision could prove one of the more consequential pieces of the short-term bill.
* The Office of Management and Budget proposed rewriting rules in May to require senior political appointees review and consider whether discretionary grants advance the president's agenda.
**The big picture:** The Senate worked through the night, taking votes on the stopgap funding measure, the confirmation of Attorney General Todd Blanche and a failed voter ID measure, which would change voting requirements.
* The vote reflects how eager lawmakers in both parties are to avoid putting another shutdown at the center of an election campaign.
**What's next:** The House will have to approve the Senate's changes after lawmakers return from their August recess.
* If it does, Washington will have traded a possible pre-election shutdown fight for a potentially much larger post-election showdown in December over spending levels, Trump's grantmaking powers and the rest of the unfinished fiscal 2027 appropriations process.
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