Congress Unveils $1.2 Trillion Bipartisan Funding Package

The bill will fund much of the U.S. government until Sept. 30. It’s the first permanent spending bill, with funding for new programs, since 2024.

The U.S. Capitol building at sunrise in Washington on Jan. 16, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

The U.S. House of Representatives on Jan. 20 released the text of a $1.2 trillion three-bill spending package that would fund several federal departments and agencies until Sept. 30.

The package of legislation, formally called the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, is a “minibus” bill, an alternative to the usual “omnibus” bill, for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1, following a previous fiscal year funded almost entirely through continuing resolutions that largely extended existing programs without significant new spending.