The House early on Friday approved legislation allocating roughly $832 billion in funding for defense programs for fiscal year 2026, just weeks after Republicans approved a separate $150 billion

In an overnight vote, the House approved an $831.5 billion defense spending bill that keeps a flat budget for the Pentagon, provides a 3.8% pay raise for troops and cuts some 45,000 positions from the civilian workforce.

House Republican appropriators are facing intraparty headwinds as they try to move fiscal 2026 spending bills before the August break.

A House subcommittee has approved a spending bill that includes measures to block the Department of Justice from moving forward with cannabis rescheduling.

OMB chief Russell Vought expressed excitement that Congress appeared to be on the verge of codifying into law roughly $9 billion in cuts.

The House on Wednesday finally mustered the votes to adopt a rule governing floor debate on crypto bills and the Defense spending bill.

The bill also eliminates funding for diversity, equity and inclusion programs and environmental justice initiatives.

The ink is hardly dry on President Donald Trump’s $3.4 trillion tax and spending package and House Republicans are already at work on a follow-up budget bill coming this autumn.

Congress had until the end of day on Friday to pass the rescissions request, or the funding would have had to be spent as originally intended.