Plans for the Senate Appropriations Committee to approve a Justice Department funding bill collapsed on Thursday amid a Republican revolt over an amendment about where to put the new FBI headquarters.
Senate appropriators scattered from the meeting with no clear path forward on how to approve the broader fiscal 2026 Commerce-Justice-Science appropriations bill, a measure that had bipartisan support before friction over the amendment tanked its chances of being approved this week.
“Regrettably, I have to report that it was not possible in this amount of time to reach an agreement,” said Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, the head of the Senate Appropriations Committee.
