The Senate voted to pass the measure just hours before the funding deadline Friday, but the House is not expected to return to Washington until Monday to give it final approval. In a win for Democrats, the funding bills also include some accountability measures — dubbed “guardrails “ by the party — that effectively force the White House to follow Congress’ spending instructions. (This time, spending leaders included a detailed funding breakdown in the bill itself — rather than the nonbinding language that is typically sent to the White House.) The House in the package voided the controversial law after senators had forced into the bill that ended November’s historic shutdown. I won’t forget this,” Graham said in a fiery speech on the Senate floor on Friday.

Source: CNN January 30, 2026 17:34 UTC