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House Returns to Vote on Senate Stopgap to Avert Shutdown

Pushing the shutdown date to Dec. 11, the Senate text forces House leaders to secure a two‑thirds bipartisan vote to send funding to the president.

The U.S. Capitol is seen from the Washington Monument in Washington, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
FILE - Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, is joined by from left: Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, and Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., as he arrives at the U.S. Capitol for a meeting of bipartisan leaders of the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026, July 28, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr., File)
FILE - Rep. Chuck Edwards, R-N.C., asks questions before the House Appropriations Committee, June 2, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert, File)
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Overview

  • Lawmakers returned to Washington on Monday to focus on a Senate‑passed continuing resolution that would fund the government through Dec. 11 and avert a Sept. 30 shutdown.
  • House GOP leaders plan to fast‑track the Senate text under suspension of the rules, a process that requires a two‑thirds majority and therefore significant Democratic support.
  • The Senate bill includes contested riders — a one‑month delay of a federal ban on hemp‑derived THC products, a pause on an OMB grants rule, and limits on transfers to Border Patrol — provisions that split Republicans even as the White House backed the hemp delay.
  • The House could also take a censure vote this week after the Ethics Committee recommended censuring Rep. Chuck Edwards, and leaders are scheduling a separate messaging vote denouncing socialism before members return to campaign.
  • If the CR passes, it will shift the main budget fight to December, compress key deadlines for highway and farm funding, and leave the larger $95 billion Republican reconciliation package stalled until the Senate returns in mid‑September.