House Passes Spending Package to Fund Government

While the package includes some targeted spending reductions, it largely maintains funding at Fiscal Year 2025 levels.

The U.S. Capitol building at sunset on Jan. 12, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

The House passed a package of spending bills on Jan. 22 to fund the federal government.

Lawmakers approved a measure funding the Departments of Defense, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development by a vote of 341–88. A separate bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) passed by a vote of 220–207.