House Republican appropriators are running into headwinds in their attempt to move fiscal 2026 spending bills before the August break, struggling both with a tight schedule and intraparty differences on funding levels that threaten House passage.
House Appropriations Chairman Tom Cole, R-Okla., conceded Tuesday that his panel won’t meet its target of marking up all dozen bills before recess, with the final two — Labor-HHS-Education and Financial Services — likely punted until September.
And getting any more bills through the floor before August, beyond the $831.5 billion Defense measure that the House is taking up this week, may be a tall order as well — though action on that measure may be postponed for unrelated reasons.
