Government Shutdown

This blog started with the madness and dismay of the 2013 shutdown. Ever since, without fail, Congress has flirted year after year. Will it happen again? Follow along as we count down to each deadline as our elected leaders kick the can down the road. Though the author of this blog is an employee of the U.S. Federal Government, these posts are the thoughts and opinions of the author themselves and do not reflect any communications by any government agency. Any and all links to government entities are presented with proper attribution with no malicious intent.

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Government funding hits a wall as senators point finger at other party

The process of funding the government is hitting a wall in the Senate, and lawmakers aren’t optimistic about finding a solution as a uniquel

Sigh

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House Roll Call Vote 205

On Thursday, the House passed the Agriculture Appropriations Act, the second for FY27. I'll be updating with progress on more later in the week. Currently dealing with an overload of work and meetings.

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House Roll Call Vote 175

The roll call from Friday's vote on H.R. 8469, the MilCon/VA funding bill for FY27

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https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5879805-military-veterans-funding-bill-2027/

House passes first fiscal 2027 appropriations bill 

by Sudiksha Kochi - 05/15/26 10:30 AM ET

The House on Friday passed its first appropriations bill for fiscal 2027 with bipartisan support, marking an early step in the annual government funding process and sending the measure to the Senate for consideration.

The military construction and Veterans Affairs appropriations bill passed the lower chamber by a vote of 400-15. All 15 “no” votes came from Democrats. 

The legislation would fund veterans’ benefits, invest more than $2 billion in infrastructure improvements for Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities and four cemeteries, and include $900 million for medical and prosthetic research, among other things.

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H.R.8469 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agen

Summary of H.R.8469 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and r

The first appropriations bill of the FY2027 cycle may pass the House of Representatives as soon as today (05/14/2026). The bill, covering Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, MilCon/VA for short, is usually the first one out the gate as it is regularly noncontroversial.

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https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5878246-government-shutdown-senate-pay/

Senate adopts measure to suspend senators’ pay during future shutdowns

by Alexander Bolton - 05/14/26 12:20 PM ET

In compliance with the 27th amendment, Senators will no longer receive pay during a government shutdown. It will be withheld just as Federal Employees have their pay withheld until their agencies reopen. If there is a shutdown before November, this resolution will not be in effect as it cannot change the pay of a member of Congress until after the next election has been conducted.

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H.R.8595 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): Making appropriations for national security, Department of State, and related programs for the fiscal

Summary of H.R.8595 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): Making appropriations for national security, Department of State, and related programs for

Now that FY26 is pretty much covered, the roll out of FY27 appropriation bills continue

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Congressional Bill H.R. 7147 Signed into Law

On Thursday, April 30, 2026, the President signed into law: H.R. 7147, the "Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriatio

The longest shutdown in U.S. history is over, aged 75 days

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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/us/politics/house-homeland-security-funding-bill.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Finally!

House Passes Stalled Homeland Security Funding Bill, Ending Shutdown

Republicans were forced to use a special maneuver to steer around opposition in their own party and speed the measure to the floor, relying on Democrats to push it through.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/04/27/house-immigration-funding-dhs-shutdown/

House may scrap DHS funding bill, likely extending agency’s shutdown

House Speaker Mike Johnson argued the Senate’s bill includes “problematic language.”


Monday at 6:55 p.m. ET

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H.R.8469 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agen

Summary of H.R.8469 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and r

The first FY27 bill has reached the floor! And yes, they still haven't passed the last FY26 bill. Expect one more early next week and at least two more soon after.

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https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5846382-gop-senators-mike-johnson-pressure-dhs/

GOP senators ratchet up pressure on Speaker Johnson to quickly end DHS shutdown

by Alexander Bolton - 04/24/26 6:00 AM ET

Republicans in the upper chamber are ramping up the pressure on Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to swiftly approve a Senate-passed bill to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), arguing that tens of thousands of federal workers could miss paychecks next month if the House delays much longer.

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Republicans on the House Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Subcommittee pushed through, on a party-line vote, a fisca

Minority press release on Financial services

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The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies advanced Republicans’ fiscal year 2027

And the minority party press release on MilCon/VA

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Washington, D.C. – Today, the House Appropriations Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee met to consider its Fiscal Year 20

This covers the Treasury and several other Executive offices, House majority press release

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Today, the House Appropriations Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Subcommittee met to consider its Fiscal Year 2

House Majority press release on MilCon/VA

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Appropriations Status Table: FY2027

We still have no funding for DHS, but the Appropriations Table on Congress.gov has turned the page. Two bills have cleared the House Subcommittee stage (Financial Services and MilCon/VA).