Patty Murray (D-WA)
Continuing Appropriations and Extensions and Other Matters Act, 2026
S. 2882 · Senate bill Economics and Public Finance
A Democratic bill with no cosponsors
Last activity — 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.
Failed
Came to a vote and did not get the votes it needed.
Usually nothing. A measure can be brought back, but one that failed on the floor rarely returns in the same Congress.
Its path through Congress
- Introduced
- Failed 47–53
What this bill would do
This bill provides continuing appropriations for the federal government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026. It generally maintains funding at fiscal year 2025 levels for various departments and agencies. The act includes specific funding for programs like WIC and Defender Services, as well as extensions for numerous health and veterans' programs. It also provides additional security funding for the judiciary and members of Congress. Most of these extensions and appropriations are set to remain in effect until October 31, 2025.
Yes· 3 of 45
- Scored +9
Would veterans be better off under this, taking everything together?
Comprehensive extensions of healthcare, housing, and disability benefits.
- Scored +8
Would households on low incomes be better off under this?
Combines WIC funding, rental assistance, and enhanced health insurance tax credits.
- Scored +8
Does this increase the pay, pensions or support veterans receive?
Broadly extends nursing home care, housing, and mental health benefits for veterans.
The opposite· 3 of 4
- Scored -3
Does this make the government pay for what it commits to?
Removes budgetary effects from PAYGO scorecards and budget estimates in Section 2401.
- Scored -2
Does this reduce what the federal government owes?
Provides continuing appropriations and additional emergency funding, which generally increases federal spending.
- Scored -2
Does this reduce what the federal government spends?
Maintains funding levels and adds specific appropriations for security and health programs.
What Congress actually voted on
7 recorded votes have been taken on this bill.
- The Senate: the vote on whether to pass the bill This is the real decision in this chamber. Passing here sends the bill to the other chamber, which must pass it too before it can go to the President. Failed 47 yes · 45 no
09/19/2025 · Roll call 527 · recorded as “On Passage of the Bill S. 2882”
- The Senate: the vote on whether to pass the bill This is the real decision in this chamber. Passing here sends the bill to the other chamber, which must pass it too before it can go to the President. Failed 47 yes · 53 no
09/30/2025 · Roll call 534 · recorded as “On Passage of the Bill S. 2882”
- The Senate: a vote to end debate and allow a final vote In the Senate, debate can continue indefinitely unless 60 senators vote to end it. This vote is that attempt. It decides whether the Senate may vote on the thing at all — not whether the thing passes. A failed cloture vote usually ends the matter without anyone ever voting on its merits. Blocked 47 yes · 53 no
10/01/2025 · Roll call 536 · recorded as “On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed S. 2882”
- The Senate: a vote to end debate and allow a final vote In the Senate, debate can continue indefinitely unless 60 senators vote to end it. This vote is that attempt. It decides whether the Senate may vote on the thing at all — not whether the thing passes. A failed cloture vote usually ends the matter without anyone ever voting on its merits. Blocked 46 yes · 52 no
10/03/2025 · Roll call 542 · recorded as “On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed S. 2882”
- The Senate: a vote to end debate and allow a final vote In the Senate, debate can continue indefinitely unless 60 senators vote to end it. This vote is that attempt. It decides whether the Senate may vote on the thing at all — not whether the thing passes. A failed cloture vote usually ends the matter without anyone ever voting on its merits. Blocked 45 yes · 50 no
10/06/2025 · Roll call 544 · recorded as “On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed S. 2882”
- The Senate: a vote to end debate and allow a final vote In the Senate, debate can continue indefinitely unless 60 senators vote to end it. This vote is that attempt. It decides whether the Senate may vote on the thing at all — not whether the thing passes. A failed cloture vote usually ends the matter without anyone ever voting on its merits. Blocked 47 yes · 52 no
10/08/2025 · Roll call 550 · recorded as “On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed S. 2882”
- The Senate: a vote to end debate and allow a final vote In the Senate, debate can continue indefinitely unless 60 senators vote to end it. This vote is that attempt. It decides whether the Senate may vote on the thing at all — not whether the thing passes. A failed cloture vote usually ends the matter without anyone ever voting on its merits. Blocked 47 yes · 50 no
10/09/2025 · Roll call 557 · recorded as “On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed S. 2882”
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
- Nutrition Assistance: Section 120 provides $8.2 billion for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).
- Healthcare Access: Section 2101 provides funding for Community Health Centers, the National Health Service Corps, and Teaching Health Centers.
- Diabetes Support: Section 2102 extends funding for Special Diabetes Programs for Type I Diabetes and Special Diabetes Programs for Indians.
- Patient Protections: Section 2104 provides an additional $67 million for the implementation of the No Surprises Act.
- Healthcare Flexibility: Section 2117 extends various telehealth flexibilities, including removing geographic requirements and allowing audio-only services.
- Veterans Support: Title II (Sections 2201-2216) extends multiple programs, including nursing home care for disabled veterans (Sec. 2201), suicide prevention grants (Sec. 2204), and housing assistance for homeless veterans (Sec. 2203 and 2208).
- Health Insurance Affordability: Section 2142 permanently extends the enhanced tax credit for health insurance.
- Housing Stability: Section 165 allows funds to be used to prevent the termination of rental assistance for families due to insufficient funding.
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- Department of Defense Restrictions: Section 102 prevents the use of funds for new production of items not funded in 2025 or the initiation of new projects, which may stall new defense developments.
- Limited Funding Actions: Section 110 mandates that only the most limited funding actions permitted shall be taken to continue projects.
- Budgetary Exclusion: Section 2401 removes the budgetary effects of Division B from several PAYGO scorecards and budget estimates.
- Spending Caps on Certain Programs: Section 109 prohibits high initial rates of operation or complete distribution of appropriations for programs that typically distribute funds to States, grantees, or foreign countries at the start of the year.
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Tap or hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Would veterans be better off under this, taking everything together? — Comprehensive extensions of healthcare, housing, and disability benefits. Would households on low incomes be better off under this? — Combines WIC funding, rental assistance, and enhanced health insurance tax credits. Would children be better off under this? — Provides significant funding for WIC nutrition assistance. Would Native Americans be better off under this? — Specific funding for Indian Health Service and Special Diabetes Programs for Indians. Would women be better off under this? — Direct support via WIC funding for women and infants. Would people with disabilities be better off under this? — Extends adaptive housing grants and telehealth services for mental health. Would retired people be better off under this? — Extends Medicare-dependent hospital programs and senior outreach services. Would people in rural areas be better off under this? — Extends rural telehealth, essential air services, and rural veterans' mental health networks. Would people over 65 be better off under this? — Extends Medicare benefits, outpatient services, and outreach for low-income seniors. Would middle-income households be better off under this? — Provides expanded health insurance tax credits. Would Black Americans be better off under this? — Positive impacts from low-income health and nutrition programs. Would business owners be better off under this? — Increases availability of SBA business loans. Would farmers be better off under this? — Extends authorizations for the Grain Standards Act and Forest Service programs. Would Hispanic Americans be better off under this? — Positive impacts from low-income health and nutrition programs. Would people in cities be better off under this? — Supports rental assistance and Community Health Centers.
- Healthcare
- Does this help veterans get medical care? — Extends multiple VA programs including nursing home care, suicide prevention, and homeless veterans' housing. Does this make health care easier to get in general? — Extends telehealth flexibilities and funding for Community Health Centers. Does this strengthen the Affordable Care Act? — Permanently extends the enhanced tax credit for health insurance and extends Community Health Center funding. Does this make mental health care easier to get? — Extends telehealth flexibilities for mental health services and suicide prevention grants. Does this make the country readier for the next outbreak? — Extends National Health Security authorizations through October 31, 2025. Does this put more money into Medicare, the health coverage for people over 65? — Extends various Medicare payment adjustments and program authorizations. Does this put more money into medical research? — Maintains current levels for NSF and NOAA research facilities and scientific awards. Does this put more money into Medicaid, the health coverage for people on low incomes? — Modifies and extends DSH allotments for Tennessee and delays Medicaid DSH reductions. Does this lower the price of prescription medicines? — Extends temporary inclusion of authorized oral antiviral drugs as covered Part D drugs.
- Social Issues And Justice
- Does this make housing cost less? — Prevents termination of rental assistance for families and extends grants for homeless veterans. Is this likely to lift people out of poverty? — Provides $8.2 billion for the WIC program to support nutrition for women and infants. Is this likely to reduce homelessness? — Extends funding for supportive services for very low-income veteran families and homeless grants. Does this expand the rights of people with disabilities? — Extends funding for specially adapted housing for disabled veterans. Does this narrow racial gaps in how people are treated? — Provides funding for Special Diabetes Programs for Indians and Indian Health Service staffing.
- National Security And Foreign Policy
- Does this increase the pay, pensions or support veterans receive? — Broadly extends nursing home care, housing, and mental health benefits for veterans. Does this better protect the country from computer attacks? — Extends state and local cybersecurity grant programs and information sharing authorizations. Does this strengthen ties with allied countries? — Authorizes additional subscription to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Does this send more money or help to other countries? — Extends authorities for the Food for Peace Act and US International Development Finance Corporation. Does this reduce what is spent on the military? — Maintains 2025 funding levels, but restricts new production of items not funded in 2025.
- Environment Energy And Infrastructure
- Does this improve help for people hit by a disaster? — Allows apportionment of FEMA Disaster Relief Funds to carry out response and recovery activities. Does this repair or build roads and bridges? — Repurposes unobligated highway infrastructure balances to complete existing awards. Does this invest in rural communities? — Extends rural access networks for veterans' mental health and supports essential air services. Does this better protect public land such as parks and forests? — Maintains funding for wildfire suppression and Forest Service programs. Does this put more money into wind, solar and other renewable power? — Maintains funding for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy programs.
- Governance And Ideology
- Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see? — Establishes an Office of Inspector General for the Office of Management and Budget. Does this protect the right to fair treatment by the courts? — Appropriates funding for Defender Services to ensure legal representation.
- Education And Technology
- Does this put more money into scientific research? — Maintains funding levels for NSF and NOAA research activities. Does this put more into space exploration? — Continues NASA missions in operation and extends Space Shuttle contract closeout funding.
- Economy And Finance
- Does this cut taxes for middle-income families? — Permanently extends the enhanced tax credit for health insurance, benefiting middle and lower-income households. Does this give people more protection from unfair business practices? — Provides an additional $67 million for the implementation of the No Surprises Act. Does this make it easier to run a small business? — Allows higher apportionment for SBA business loan programs to accommodate increased demand. Does this make the government pay for what it commits to? — Removes budgetary effects from PAYGO scorecards and budget estimates in Section 2401. Does this reduce what the federal government spends? — Maintains funding levels and adds specific appropriations for security and health programs. Does this reduce what the federal government owes? — Provides continuing appropriations and additional emergency funding, which generally increases federal spending.
- 10/9/2025
- Third cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 47 - 50. Record Vote Number: 557. (CR S7051)
- 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.
- 10/8/2025
- Motion to proceed to consideration of the motion to reconsider the vote by which the second cloture on the motion to proceed to the S. 2882 was not invoked (Record Vote No. 544) agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
- Motion by Senator Schumer to reconsider the vote by which the second cloture on the motion to proceed to S. 2882 was not invoked (Record Vote No. 544) in Senate by Voice Vote.
- Upon reconsideration, the second cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 47 - 52. Record Vote Number: 550.
- 10/7/2025
- Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S6989)
- Third cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure presented in Senate. (CR S6989)
- Motion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate.
- 10/6/2025
- Second cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 45 - 50. Record Vote Number: 544. (CR S6951)
- Motion by Senator Schumer to reconsider, under the order of 10/6/2025, not having voted on the prevailing side, the vote by which the second cloture on the motion to proceed to S. 2882 was not invoked (Record Vote No. 544) entered in Senate.
- 10/3/2025
- Motion to proceed to consideration of the motion to reconsider the vote by which cloture on the motion to proceed to S. 2882 was not invoked (Record Vote No. 536) agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
- Motion by Senator Schumer to reconsider the vote by which cloture on the motion to proceed to S. 2882 was not invoked (Record Vote No. 536) agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
- Upon reconsideration, cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 46 - 52. Record Vote Number: 542.
- Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S6931)
- Second cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure presented in Senate. (CR S6931)
- Motion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR S6936)
- 10/1/2025
- Cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 47 - 53. Record Vote Number: 536.
- Motion by Senator Schumer to reconsider, under the order of 10/1/2025, not having voted on the prevailing side, the vote by which cloture on the motion to proceed to S. 2882 was not invoked (Record Vote No. 536) entered in Senate.
- 9/30/2025
- Motion to proceed to consideration of the motion to reconsider the vote by which S. 2882 failed of passage (Record Vote No. 527) agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
- Motion by Senator Schumer to reconsider the vote by which S. 2882 failed of passage (Record Vote No. 527) agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
- Failed of passage/not agreed to in Senate: Upon reconsideration, under the order of 9/18/2025, not having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, failed of passage in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 47 - 53. Record Vote Number: 534.
- Upon reconsideration, under the order of 9/18/2025, not having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, failed of passage in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 47 - 53. Record Vote Number: 534.
- 9/29/2025
- Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S6842)
- Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure presented in Senate. (CR S6842)
- Motion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate.
- 9/19/2025
- Considered read the second time.
- Under the order of 9/18/2025 considered read the third time.
- Failed of passage/not agreed to in Senate: Under the order of 9/18/2025, not having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, failed of passage in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 47 - 45. Record Vote Number: 527.
- Under the order of 9/18/2025, not having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, failed of passage in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 47 - 45. Record Vote Number: 527.
- Motion to reconsider by Senator Schumer, under the order of 9/19/2025 not having voted on the prevailing side, the vote by which S. 2882 failed of passage (Record Vote No. 527) entered in Senate. (consideration: CR S6785)
- Under the order of 9/19/2025, the third reading was vitiated. (CR S6785)
- Ordered placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 167.
- 9/18/2025
- Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
- Introduced in Senate
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