Senate Aims to Avoid Shutdown | Sacramento News

Sacramento News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 4, 2026 · 1m

The Senate just unveiled a bipartisan funding plan to keep the government running past the deadline, avoiding another shutdown with a temporary fix that maintains current spending levels—but tweaks key programs like nutrition, national security, and disaster relief. Unlike the House’s more partisan version, this compromise includes White House input on “anomalies” to cover gaps. Democrats pushed hard for reforms—closing a loophole that could’ve funneled funds to Border Patrol and blocking political appointees from meddling in grants—to ensure taxpayer dollars aren’t misused. While they didn’t…