Senate OKs partial funding package as deadline looms for remaining government programs

The Senate cleared a three-bill funding package funding Justice, Interior, Commerce & Energy, the EPA, water programs and federal science through the end of the fiscal year, moving toward averting a new shutdown while a Treasury/State package awaits House action. Yet more than 75% of discretionary funding remains unfunded, including the Pentagon, leaving a heavy workload for bipartisan talks on remaining measures (Defense, Transportation–HUD, Labor–HHS–Education) and ongoing tensions over DHS funding and earmarks as lawmakers confront the Jan. 30 deadline.