Senate Passes $187 Billion ‘Minibus’ Funding Package

It includes funding for Veterans Affairs, the Food and Drug Administration, agriculture, legislative branch operations, and other noncontroversial spending.

The Senate side of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on July 14, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

The U.S. Senate on Aug. 1 passed a so-called “minibus” spending package to fund the government in the upcoming fiscal year, approving a slate of noncontroversial spending items.

The slate of funding bills includes about $187 billion in appropriations for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the Department of Agriculture, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), legislative branch operations, military construction, and rural development.