Senate advances stopgap funding bill to 11 December 2026
Measure blocks Trump-era plan to give political appointees control over federal science grants
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Senate advances stopgap funding bill to 11 December 2026
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What this story says
- The Senate voted 89 to 4 to advance a bill funding the government through 11 December 2026.
- The measure includes a temporary block on a Trump Administration plan to give political appointees final authority over federal scientific grants.
- The bill drew broad bipartisan support from Senate leaders and the Appropriations Committee.
- No left- or right-rated outlets reported on the vote at the time of publication.
Who covered it
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Trust
42/100
Craft
55/100
Hype
15/100
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Thin on the left so far
None of the 13 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.
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The US Senate voted 89 to 4 on 4 August 2026 to advance a short-term spending bill. The measure would fund the federal government through 11 December 2026, avoiding a shutdown ahead of the November midterm elections.
The bill includes a provision temporarily blocking a plan introduced during the Trump Administration. That plan would have given political appointees final authority over decisions on federal scientific grants. The provision drew support from both parties, as reported by KYMA.
What the coverage left out
No left- or right-rated outlets reported on the Senate vote or the spending bill. The omission covers both the 89-4 vote and the provision blocking the Trump Administration plan.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 5 times, most recently on 4 Aug 2026, 23:15, and will add the sides that appear.
How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
0 rated outlets
No outlet rated left has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.
Centre
5 rated outlets
- KYMA led its report with the 89-4 vote and the 11 December funding deadline. It described the bill as drawing "broad bipartisan support from Senate leaders and the Appropriations Committee," and noted the measure was intended to "prevent a funding lapse ahead of the fall midterm elections."
- The report also highlighted the temporary block on the Trump Administration plan, stating it would "give political appointees final authority over federal scientific grant decisions." The wording matched the standards desk’s verified claims.
Right
8 rated outlets
- The seven right-rated outlets agree the Senate advanced a stopgap funding bill to 11 December 2026 by an 89-4 vote. All note the vote occurred on 3 August, before the August recess. Five specify the bill’s purpose was to avoid a government shutdown.
- Fox News, RedState and Independent Journal Review led on Democratic involvement. Fox News and RedState described Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer as having “endorsed” or “folded” on the bill. Independent Journal Review cited Fox News in reporting the vote as a bipartisan step.
- None of the digests mention the bill’s cost, its impact on specific federal agencies, or dissenting arguments from the four senators who voted against it. The Epoch Times alone quotes a Republican senator, John Thune, calling the bill “strong” and “bipartisan”.
Read it at the source
20 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
0No outlet in this group ran the story.
Centre
5- Senate advances government funding bill (opens KYMA in a new tab)
KYMA
- Senate overwhelmingly advances stopgap funding bill aimed at preventing shutdown (opens KLFY in a new tab)
KLFY
- Senate overwhelmingly advances stopgap funding bill aimed at preventing shutdown (opens The Hill in a new tab)
- Bipartisan stopgap spending bill inches forward in Senate (opens Roll Call in a new tab)
- Senate Easily Advances Bill to Avert Shutdown (opens Political Wire in a new tab)
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Right
8- Senate Moves to Avert Government Shutdown With Bipartisan Funding Vote (opens Independent Journal Review in a new tab)
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- US Senate advances bill to avert government shutdown (opens Anadolu Ajansı in a new tab)
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- Senate Advances Funding Bill to Avoid Shutdown (opens The Epoch Times in a new tab)
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- Democrats blink as Schumer helps GOP clear key shutdown hurdle (opens Fox News in a new tab)
- Senate Takes Its First Procedural Step Towards Potentially Averting Another Government Shutdown (opens RedState in a new tab)
- Senate advances government funding stopgap in early effort to head off shutdown (opens Washington Times in a new tab)
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- Senate advances stopgap spending measure to fund federal government through December (opens Just the News in a new tab)
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- Schumer Blinks as Democrats Cave on Shutdown Threat (opens ussanews.com in a new tab)
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Not rated
7- Senate backs stopgap funding - The Iola Register (opens Iola Register in a new tab)
Iola Register
- Schumer Breaks With Democrats, Helps Republicans Advance Bill to Avert Shutdown (opens matzav.com in a new tab)
matzav.com
- Schumer Backs GOP Bill to Avert Third Government Shutdown (opens capitalisminstitute.org in a new tab)
capitalisminstitute.org
- Nestor Camarillo Advances His Second Report as Senator by August 8th (opens diariocambio.com.mx in a new tab)
diariocambio.com.mx
- Schumer Blinks as Democrats Cave on Shutdown Threat (opens economiccollapse.report in a new tab)
economiccollapse.reportOpinion
- Democrats blink as Schumer helps GOP clear key shutdown hurdle - NEW YORK TIMES POST (opens nytimespost.com in a new tab)
nytimespost.com
- US Lawmakers Avert Shutdown Risk as Senate Eyes Crypto CLARITY Act Vote (opens TokenPost in a new tab)
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