{"id":4872,"date":"2026-07-24T20:09:57","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T20:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=4872"},"modified":"2026-07-24T20:09:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T20:09:57","slug":"senate-seeks-return-to-bipartisanship-with-government-funding-stopgap-sanctions-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=4872","title":{"rendered":"Senate seeks return to bipartisanship with government funding stopgap, sanctions bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>The Senate is aiming to spend its final two weeks before a monthlong summer recess showing bipartisanship still exists.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=4871\">Trump vows to crack down on Europe, add tariffs to battle hefty fines on U.S. tech<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If all goes according to plan, the chamber could pass two or three bipartisan bills before it adjourns on Aug. 6 or 7 until after Labor Day.<\/p>\n<p>Republican leaders hope that after two record government shutdowns this Congress, Democrats help pass a stopgap bill to fund the government through the midterm elections this fall.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have an opportunity now to chart a new path,\u201d said Senate Majority Leader John Thune, South Dakota Republican. \u201cI\u2019m encouraged that, so far, my Democrat colleagues have signaled that they do not want to force another government shutdown.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Democrats, indeed, say they\u2019re open to a deal. Top appropriators are in the midst of negotiating one.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat, said he supports the talks and \u201cwe\u2019ll see what happens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The House passed a funding extension through Dec. 4. All but six Democrats voted in opposition, citing language that would let the Department of Homeland Security shift billions to border patrol agents working on President Trump\u2019s deportation force after Republicans already provided the agency three years of funding in a filibuster-proof reconciliation bill.<\/p>\n<p>Avoiding similar immigration enforcement funding tripwires will be key to securing a bipartisan deal in the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>Senators in both parties are also eager to pass a Russia sanctions bill led by their late colleague Lindsey Graham.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019ve already renamed the bill after him and say passing it next week, as Mr. Graham is laid to rest after funeral services in Washington and South Carolina, would be a fitting tribute.<\/p>\n<p>The bill imposes sanctions on wide swaths of the Russian economy, including its energy, financial and defense industries.<\/p>\n<p>It also authorizes tariffs on the five major purchasers of Russian oil: China, India, Slovakia, Hungary and Azerbaijan.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Trump requested that senators add Iran sanctions to the bill, and Mr. Thune said they intend to comply.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats appear to be on board, although their lead coauthor, Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal, said he would have preferred to stick to the initial deal for which Mr. Graham got White House approval in the days before he died.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut my goal is to make sure we have a bill that passes,\u201d he said, noting he\u2019s vetting the Iran sanctions with Democrats per a request from Sen. Darline Graham, the sister and replacement of the late South Carolina Republican.<\/p>\n<p>The Iran sanctions in question are already law but sunset at the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis provision has been extended repeatedly by an overwhelming bipartisan majority \u2026 so I don\u2019t think it should be tremendously controversial,\u201d Mr. Blumenthal said.<\/p>\n<p>In the Republican Conference, there is far more optimism about Democrats helping pass the sanctions bill than the government funding stopgap, known as a continuing resolution or CR.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=4869\">Congressional Democrats say AOC has emerged as party leader, but less sure about \u201828 prospects<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It does not help that the deadline to fund the government is not until Sept. 30, as many lawmakers admit Congress works best under pressure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen is the last time we ever passed a clean CR in July?\u201d said Sen. Thom Tillis, North Carolina Republican. \u201cI don\u2019t even think since the Earth\u2019s crust has cooled that\u2019s ever happened. So why do we think in this environment of politics it\u2019s likely to occur this time?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Chris Coons, Delaware Democrat, said his party wants to avoid another shutdown, but securing a bipartisan deal will be \u201ctough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Trump, meanwhile, wants Senate Republicans \u201cbefore leaving for the August recess\u201d to adopt a budget blueprint teeing up the GOP\u2019s third filibuster-proof reconciliation bill.<\/p>\n<p>The House adopted a budget providing reconciliation instructions for up to $95 billion in spending on defense needs, economic assistance to farmers and implementation of voter ID and other election requirements.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Trump said on social media that the bill that follows will be one of the most consequential in America\u2019s history: \u201cStrengthening our powerful Military, providing aid for our Farmers and, most importantly, as much of THE SAVE AMERICA ACT as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cOur Voters will be extremely happy \u2014 And even impressed!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Thune has said he plans to hold off on the budget until after the Senate takes up the appropriations stopgap.<\/p>\n<p>He said that if Democrats block it, Republicans would use the reconciliation process to keep the government funded on their own.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that\u2019s going to have the same effect as sending Chuck an email in all caps,\u201d Sen. John Kennedy said, referring to Mr. Schumer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the end, Sen. Schumer will stab us in the neck, or make a request for a CR that is so unreasonable that we can\u2019t accept it,\u201d the Louisiana Republican said.<\/p>\n<p>Another possible bipartisan measure that could come to the floor before the recess is a three-year extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.<\/p>\n<p>The modern wiretapping law lets the government spy on foreign targets without a warrant, but it expired June 12.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Democrats blocked a FISA extension in protest of Bill Pulte, a Trump loyalist with no national security experience, serving as acting director of national intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate is set to confirm Jay Clayton, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, as the permanent DNI next week.<\/p>\n<p>Although Democrats are expected to oppose Mr. Clayton over his refusal to say during his confirmation hearing that Joseph R. Biden won the 2020 election, they may help pass the FISA extension once he\u2019s confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNothing\u2019s changed. We got to get Mr. Pulte out before we talk about FISA,\u201d said Virginia Sen. Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Intelligence Committee.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=4868\">HUD opens civil rights probe into race-based university housing<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Senate is aiming to spend its final two weeks before a monthlong summer recess showing bipartisanship still exists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4371,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7],"tags":[1485,14,144,1060],"class_list":["post-4872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics","tag-charles-e-schumer","tag-donald-trump","tag-john-thune","tag-lindsey-graham"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Senate seeks return to bipartisanship with government funding stopgap, sanctions bill - Home Buyer Relocation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=4872\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Senate seeks return to bipartisanship with government funding stopgap, sanctions bill - Home Buyer Relocation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Senate is aiming to spend its final two weeks before a monthlong summer recess showing bipartisanship still exists.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=4872\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Home Buyer Relocation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-07-24T20:09:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/?p=4872#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/?p=4872\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b2ac56955b020950324cad4c6c27b42a\"},\"headline\":\"Senate seeks return to bipartisanship with government funding stopgap, sanctions bill\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-24T20:09:57+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/?p=4872\"},\"wordCount\":997,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/?p=4872#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/5d88707d1a5d8eca253de3c9ed6773fb.webp\",\"keywords\":[\"Charles E. Schumer\",\"Donald Trump\",\"John Thune\",\"Lindsey Graham\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News\",\"Politics\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/?p=4872#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/?p=4872\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/?p=4872\",\"name\":\"Senate seeks return to bipartisanship with government funding stopgap, sanctions bill - Home Buyer Relocation\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/?p=4872#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/?p=4872#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/5d88707d1a5d8eca253de3c9ed6773fb.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-24T20:09:57+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b2ac56955b020950324cad4c6c27b42a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/?p=4872#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/?p=4872\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/?p=4872#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/5d88707d1a5d8eca253de3c9ed6773fb.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/5d88707d1a5d8eca253de3c9ed6773fb.webp\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":700},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/?p=4872#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Senate seeks return to bipartisanship with government funding stopgap, sanctions bill\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Home Buyer Relocation\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b2ac56955b020950324cad4c6c27b42a\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Senate seeks return to bipartisanship with government funding stopgap, sanctions bill - Home Buyer Relocation","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=4872","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Senate seeks return to bipartisanship with government funding stopgap, sanctions bill - Home Buyer Relocation","og_description":"The Senate is aiming to spend its final two weeks before a monthlong summer recess showing bipartisanship still exists.","og_url":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=4872","og_site_name":"Home Buyer Relocation","article_published_time":"2026-07-24T20:09:57+00:00","author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=4872#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=4872"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b2ac56955b020950324cad4c6c27b42a"},"headline":"Senate seeks return to bipartisanship with government funding stopgap, sanctions bill","datePublished":"2026-07-24T20:09:57+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=4872"},"wordCount":997,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=4872#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/5d88707d1a5d8eca253de3c9ed6773fb.webp","keywords":["Charles E. Schumer","Donald Trump","John Thune","Lindsey Graham"],"articleSection":["News","Politics"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=4872#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=4872","url":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=4872","name":"Senate seeks return to bipartisanship with government funding stopgap, sanctions bill - Home Buyer Relocation","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=4872#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=4872#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/5d88707d1a5d8eca253de3c9ed6773fb.webp","datePublished":"2026-07-24T20:09:57+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b2ac56955b020950324cad4c6c27b42a"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=4872#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=4872"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=4872#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/5d88707d1a5d8eca253de3c9ed6773fb.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/5d88707d1a5d8eca253de3c9ed6773fb.webp","width":1200,"height":700},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=4872#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Senate seeks return to bipartisanship with government funding stopgap, sanctions bill"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/","name":"Home Buyer Relocation","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b2ac56955b020950324cad4c6c27b42a","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com"],"url":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4872\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}