October 31, 2026, 6:04 AM ET
No material change to the FY2027 appropriations bills themselves since the last check (Oct. 30, 11:03 PM ET): the government remains funded under the continuing resolution (H.R. 6500 / P.L. 119-103) through December 11, 2026 (41 days away), with 0 of 12 bills enacted, 3 of 12 passed by the full House (Agriculture, Military Construction-VA, State-Foreign Operations), and 0 of 12 passed by the Senate. Shutdown risk remains LOW. Both chambers are in recess ahead of the Nov. 3 midterms and return Nov. 9 for a compressed lame-duck session.
What’s new
- Oct. 26 — Roll Call (via Tribune News Service): President Trump said he would “veto everything” a possibly Democratic-controlled Congress sends him next year, to pressure Democrats into negotiating (“I veto everything, and then the Democrats come and they want to make a deal”). The piece frames this as raising the stakes for the lame-duck debt-limit and government-funding fights if Democrats flip either chamber in the midterms. This is a conditional, post-midterm scenario — it does not change the status of the current CR or any of the 12 bills. Read more →
For full bill-by-bill detail, see the FY2027 Appropriations Tracker page, updated today.
Sources: Roll Call / Honolulu Star-Advertiser; Congress.gov CRS Appropriations Status Table (FY2027); House & Senate Appropriations Committees; Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, Appropriations Watch: FY2027.
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