Senate appropriators announced a bipartisan deal Sunday to fund the government into early December, while temporarily blocking a contested Trump administration rule that critics say would politicize the awarding of federal grants.
The draft continuing resolution, unveiled Sunday afternoon, would extend current funding through Dec. 11 — a week later than House Republicans proposed in their recent stopgap measure.
Senate leaders plan to hold a procedural vote, to limit debate to take up the legislative vehicle for their funding extension, on Monday evening, with hopes of passing the measure before the Senate adjourns at week’s end for its August recess.
The Senate’s CR amounts to an expanded version of the bill the House passed last month, with many of the additions sought by the Trump administration to address critical needs, particularly on defense. But it also includes a few notable curbs on the administration’s authority.
In a contentious provision that had held up a deal last week, the bill would block a federal rule requiring grants to be approved by senior political appointees — a proposal that triggered an avalanche of public criticism.
