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• Major takeaways for federal agencies from the latest bipartisan spending package - January 6, 2026

• By Eric Katz, Government Executive

  Congress has unveiled a new package of bills to fund some agencies through fiscal 2026, the latest bipartisan breakthrough as lawmakers seek to avert another government shutdown at the end of the month.

  The bill would set line-by-line, component-by-component spending levels across the departments of Commerce, Commerce, Energy, Interior and Justice, as well as the Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Forest Service, NASA and other agencies. Combined with the first full-year spending package Trump signed into law in November, Congress, if it approves the newest “minibus,” will have enacted half of the 12 annual must-pass appropriations bills. Remaining agencies are still operating under a continuing resolution that is set to expire Jan. 30 and appropriators are still negotiating over those measures.

  To read the full article, click here.

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