Key Highlights
- 30. The package would have funded the departments of Defense, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Commerce, Justice, Interior, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, which represent a massive chunk of Congress’ overall funding responsibilities.
- TRUMP GETS 417 NOMINEES CONFIRMED BY SENATE IN 2025, SURPASSES BIDEN'S FIRST-YEAR TOTAL IN RECORD PACE The Senate appeared primed and ready to advance a government funding package, but a last-minute block from Senate Democrats forced Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S. D., to abandon the plan, for now.
- (Nathan Posner/Anadolu via ) But a deal never materialized, and the lights of the Senate chamber went out for the last time of the year as lawmakers beelined from Washington, D. C., back to their home districts.
- Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S. D., remained hopeful that when the Senate returned, Democrats would cross the aisle to finish the job.
- "The Democrats are indicating that they want to do them, they just didn't want to do them today," Thune said.
