Overview
- The Senate, which voted Saturday, approved the stopgap measure by 90-6 to keep federal funding at current levels until December 11.
- Senators negotiated several exceptions with the White House, including a prohibition on transfers to the U.S. Border Patrol, a one-month delay on a national ban for many psychoactive hemp products, and a pause on new federal grant-review rules.
- The bill must still clear the House and reach the president to become law, and House changes could reopen disputes over the hemp delay, Border Patrol language and grant regulations.
- Passing the stopgap now aims to prevent the disruption of federal pay and services and avoid a funding fight during the November midterm campaign season.
- Lawmakers said the early move — roughly two months before the fiscal year ends — was driven by recent shutdown experience and political pressure, and key figures included Senate leaders John Thune and Chuck Schumer and Senator Susan Collins on specific provisions.