Committee Takes Proactive Step to Prevent Partisan Shutdown, Protect Full-Year Funding Process

With all twelve FY27 appropriations bills advanced through the full committee and three passed across the floor, the House is taking the next responsible step to ensure government operations remain unimpeded in the fall as work toward full-year funding continues.

Washington, D.C. – After Senate Democrats drove the two longest government shutdowns in American history, they are once again obstructing the constitutional funding process by refusing to advance a single FY27 appropriations bill in the upper chamber. Rather than waiting until the final weeks before the September 30th funding deadline, the Committee is acting early by introducing the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2027 to ensure stable government operations, preserve the House's FY27 progress, and provide certainty as work toward full-year funding continues.

Key Takeaways:
- This is a clean and straightforward continuing resolution (CR) – free of poison pills – that simply extends government funding until December 4, 2026.
- Crucial programs are extended in their current form through the duration of the CR, including SNAP, WIC, TANF, National Flood Insurance, wildfire suppression efforts, disaster relief fund, small business support, livestock reporting programs, and more.
- Moving early to prevent a partisan shutdown fight in September spares the American people from unnecessary uncertainty, disruption, and political brinkmanship.
- Work on passing full-year FY27 appropriations bills is not halted by advancing this stopgap, it just ensures the threat of a shutdown is removed from the equation while full-year appropriations continue.
- Bottom line: This legislation prevents a September 30th funding lapse while preserving the path to full-year appropriations.