Senate passes $839B defense spending bill, kicking new agreement back to the House

The Senate has passed the $838.7 billion fiscal 2026 defense spending bill, after Democrats and the White House reached a deal to largely avert a government shutdown.

Senators voted 71-29 to approve the funding package, which includes full-year appropriations for the Pentagon as well as five other departments.

As per the terms of the deal, full-year funding for the Department of Homeland Security was replaced by a two-week continuing resolution in the wake of the killing of Alex Pretti by federal agents last week.

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