Senate Republican appropriators want their leadership to bring an initial package of fiscal 2026 spending bills to the floor before August recess, Appropriations Chair Susan Collins, R-Maine, said Thursday.
The committee has reported four of its 12 annual bills: the Agriculture, Commerce-Justice-Science, Legislative Branch and Military Construction-VA measures. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., has not yet shared any timeframe, but a source familiar with his thinking said the GOP leader considers bringing bills to the floor before the August recess to be a priority.
“It’s going to be up to Sen. Thune, but I would love to see the first minibus brought to the Senate floor before we break for the August recess,” Collins said, referring to a potential bundle of several bills. “I don’t know what it would be, whether it would be two bills, three bills, or four bills.”
