Senate Appropriations Committee Passes All 12 Funding Bills With Bipartisan Support

Committee chair Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wa.) (L) and Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) greet witnesses and delegates from the 2023 JDRF Children's Congress prior to the Senate Appropriations Committee hearing in Washington on July 11, 2023 Jemal Countess/Getty Images for JDRF

The Senate Appropriations Committee cleared their final batch of government funding bills in a bipartisan vote on Thursday, advancing major funding proposals for various departments.

The move marks the first time in five years that all 12 individual appropriations bills were passed by the committee with overwhelming bipartisan support before the end of July.