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S. 2882119th CongressFloor activityLatest action Oct 9, 2025Decoded by AI · checked against the record
Official title: Continuing Appropriations and Extensions and Other Matters Act, 2026
Introduced:
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S. 2882 would keep federal agencies funded at 2025 levels through October 31, 2025, averting a shutdown.
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S. 2882 is a continuing resolution that funds federal agencies past September 30, 2025, generally through October 31, 2025, at roughly fiscal year 2025 levels. It blocks new programs or increased production of things like weapons systems, while protecting programs such as WIC, community health centers, and Indian health facilities from cuts. It also adds unrelated provisions on security funding, health program extensions, NASA, nuclear programs, and public broadcasting.
Nearly all Americans are affected, including federal employees, contractors, Medicare/Medicaid patients, WIC recipients, veterans, and rural hospital patients. Members of Congress, staff, and federal judges are directly affected by new security funding.
Without this or similar legislation, federal agencies would face funding lapses and possible operational disruptions starting October 1, 2025. The bill buys time for Congress to negotiate full-year fiscal 2026 spending bills.
The bill funds agencies at approximately fiscal year 2025 levels, adds extra money for court, Capitol Police, and member security, funds death benefits for three deceased members of Congress, and includes a capital increase for the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
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Right now: the Senate has not agreed to take it up — the last motion to do so failed. If the House changes it, it goes back to the Senate before reaching the President.
Latest action: — Motion by Senator Schumer to reconsider, under the order of 10/9/2025, not having voted on the prevailing side, the vote by which the third cloture motion on the motion to proceed to S. 2882 was not invoked (Record Vote No. 557) entered in Senate.