Last updated: October 1, 2026, 6:15 AM ET. Tracking the FY2027 federal budget, continuing resolution, and government-shutdown risk for the twelve regular appropriations bills.
Government Funding Status
- Current funding mechanism: Continuing Resolution — H.R. 6500, signed into law by President Trump on Sept. 2, 2026; no FY27 regular bills enacted yet
- Active CR: Funds the government at current levels through Dec. 11, 2026; freezes a disputed OMB rule giving political appointees control over federal grant reviews until mid-December; adds SNAP/WIC, disaster-relief, and grant-withholding provisions
- Next funding deadline: December 11, 2026 (71 days out)
- Bills enacted: 0 of 12
- Passed full House: 3 of 12 — Military Construction-VA, Agriculture, State-Foreign Operations
- Passed full Senate: 0 of 12 — Senate Appropriations Committee has not marked up any of the 12 bills, deadlocked over defense vs. non-defense topline spending (Ranking Member Murray: “We do not have an agreement on the topline”). Roll Call’s CQ Budget podcast (Sept. 15) and Steptoe’s “The Topline” newsletter (Sept. 25) both report Chair Susan Collins is not expected to release or mark up any FY2027 bills until after the November midterms, pushing the Senate process into the post-election lame-duck session.
- Shutdown risk: Low — CR is now law; risk resurfaces near the Dec. 11 deadline, after the November midterms, absent a full-year deal or another CR
- Related development (Sept. 26–29): The White House/OMB submitted an $810M “pocket rescission” package to Congress just 5 days before FY2026 ends — too late for the required 45-day review window, effectively cancelling the funds without a vote. Largest cut: $567M from HHS refugee/asylum resettlement programs; also hits DHS migrant services, Education migrant-student programs, DOJ community-relations grants, and HUD/MBDA minority-business and housing-counseling funds. Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins (R) called it a “clear violation” of Congress’s constitutional spending power; Ranking Member Patty Murray (D) called it “theft,” and coverage through Sept. 29 notes pushback from within Collins’ own party as well. This is a fight over already-enacted FY2026 funds, not a change to any FY2027 bill’s status — but it sharpens the same executive-vs-Congress power-of-the-purse dispute shaping the FY2027 topline standoff.
- Related development (Sept. 29): Washington Sun reports Senate Republicans left for recess without acting on the White House’s $350B defense reconciliation request. Senate Budget Committee Chair Ron Johnson said he has no plans to move a defense reconciliation package until after the November midterms; Pentagon Comptroller Jay Hurst said DOD is exploring folding those priorities into the regular discretionary bill if reconciliation stalls. See the Defense risk note below for detail.
Bill-by-Bill Status
| Bill | House | Senate | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA | Passed 213-210 (Jun 4) | No markup | House-passed |
| Commerce, Justice, Science | Committee (May 13) | No markup | House committee |
| Defense | Committee (Jun 24) | No markup | House committee |
| Energy & Water Development | Committee (May 20) | No markup | House committee |
| Financial Services & General Government | Committee (Apr 22) | No markup | House committee |
| Homeland Security | Committee (Jun 11) | No markup | House committee |
| Interior, Environment | Committee (Jun 3) | No markup | House committee |
| Labor, HHS, Education | Committee (Jun 9) | No markup | House committee |
| Legislative Branch | Committee (May 20) | No markup | House committee |
| Military Construction, VA | Passed 400-15 (May 15) | No markup | House-passed |
| State, Foreign Operations | Passed 217-209 (Jul 15) | No markup | House-passed |
| Transportation, HUD | Committee (Jun 3) | No markup | House committee |
Risk notes
Homeland Security — highest CR-delay risk. DHS took a dedicated 52-day partial funding lapse in FY26 (Feb 14–Apr 2026) over ICE/CBP policy riders, separate from the two government-wide shutdowns this Congress. The same dynamic could again delay this bill or get it excluded from a global CR.
Defense — chronically late, reconciliation shortfall, a disputed Iran-war supplemental, and Senate markups pushed past the midterms. DOD has started only 6 of the last 27 fiscal years with full-year appropriations in place (last time: FY2019). FY27 risk is compounded by a reconciliation shortfall: the administration requested $350B in mandatory defense funding via reconciliation, but House/Senate budget resolutions allocated only $60B, threatening programs like Golden Dome missile defense ($17.1B of its $17.9B request depends on that funding). On top of that, the Pentagon’s Iran-war supplemental request has grown well beyond the $87.6B the White House sought in June (DOD had put the war’s cost at $37.5B as of July 21) — Washington Times reported Sept. 13 that the ask is now roughly $200B and that Congress is punting resolution of the gap until after the midterms, while Washington Sun reported Sept. 29 a considerably lower figure of $67B; the two outlets disagree and the exact size of the supplemental remains unsettled. Roll Call’s CQ Budget podcast (Sept. 15) and Steptoe’s “The Topline” (Sept. 25) report Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins is not expected to mark up Defense — or any FY2027 bill — until after the midterms, pushing this bill’s Senate fate into the lame-duck session alongside the Dec. 11 CR deadline. Sept. 29: Washington Sun reports Senate Republicans left for recess without acting on the $350B reconciliation request; Senate Budget Committee Chair Ron Johnson said he has no plans to move a defense reconciliation package until after the midterms, and Pentagon Comptroller Jay Hurst said DOD is exploring folding those priorities into the regular discretionary bill if reconciliation fails. At a bipartisan House Defense Subcommittee field hearing on industrial base and skilled-trades workforce development on Sept. 10, 2026, HII Executive Vice President Eric Chewning testified that shipyard throughput rose 14% in 2025, with roughly 40 ships in active construction or modernization across the Ingalls and Newport News yards; a War Department industrial-base policy official warned that competitors “can outbuild us in many of the most important weapons of modern war.” No FY2027 funding levels were disclosed at the hearing. This supplemental/reconciliation fight and the industrial-base hearing are separate from — and have not changed the status of — the regular Defense appropriations bill, which remains in House committee with no Senate action.
Sources: Congress.gov CRS Appropriations Status Table (FY2027); House & Senate Appropriations Committees; Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, Appropriations Watch: FY2027; CSIS; PBS NewsHour; NPR; The Hill; Roll Call; Punchbowl News; LatinTimes; SpacePolicyOnline; Washington Times; Washington Sun; NBC News; TIME.
