Senate passes trio of government funding bills ahead of shutdown deadline

The Senate passed a trio of government funding bills Thursday, which will now go to President Donald Trump's desk for his signature after it passed the House last week.

The appropriations package includes funding for the Departments of Justice, Energy, Commerce and Interior, along with the Environmental Protection Agency and other significant science agencies.

The Senate passed the funding package in a bipartisan 82-15 split, which comes as Congress faces a Jan. 30 deadline to keep the government funded through September. The passage means Congress has approved six of the 12 appropriations bills so far. 

The House has now passed eight of the 12 appropriations bills, with four remaining, after it passed two more on Wednesday. All 12 bills have passed the House Appropriations Committee. 

Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.