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Susan Collins strikes bipartisan Senate deal to avoid a government shutdown — stripping out White House pet project

Nypost · · 590 words · By Josh Christenson
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Susan Collins strikes bipartisan Senate deal to avoid a government shutdown — stripping out White House pet project See more of our coverage in your search results.

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What happened

Susan Collins strikes bipartisan Senate deal to avoid a government shutdown — stripping out White House pet project See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The New York Post on Google WASHINGTON — Senate leaders are pushing lawmakers to advance a bipartisan government funding deal this week so that they can vote to avert a shutdown when the chamber returns next month from a five-week recess.

Common ground

Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Susan Collins (R-Maine) said the continuing resolution (CR) would fund most of the government at current levels until Dec.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 8 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “House Republicans, with some Democratic support, passed their own version of a clean CR on July 22.”
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The evidence mentions 'clean continuing resolutions' in various contexts (Boehner, TikTok, HuffPost), but none of the sources confirm that the House passed a clean CR on July 22.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of individuals serving in the United States House of Representatives (as of June 10, 2026, the 119th Congress). The membership of the House comprises 435 seats for representatives from …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Lok Sabha, also known as the House of the People, is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of India, where the upper house is Rajya Sabha. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by an adult un…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lok_Sabha
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States House of Representatives is a chamber of the bicameral United States Congress; it is the lower house, with the United States Senate being the upper house. Together, the House and Sen…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Represe…
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Claim 2: “It also would scrap a proposed federal rule... that gave the White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) greater authority over grant funding.”
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The evidence provides general information about the OMB and its directors, but contains no information regarding a specific federal rule being scrapped by a continuing resolution to limit OMB authority over grant funding.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is the largest office within the Executive Office of the President of the United States and is responsible for implementing the president's agenda across the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Management_and_Budge…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Russell Thurlow Vought ( VOHT; born March 26, 1976) is an American political advisor who has served as the director of the Office of Management and Budget since February 2025 and architect of Project …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Shalanda Delores Young (born August 29, 1977) is an American political advisor and government official who served as the 43rd director of the Office of Management and Budget from 2021 to 2025. A membe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shalanda_Young
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Claim 3: “increasing spending on certain programs such as the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children”
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While Wikipedia confirms that WIC is a federal program, there is no evidence in the provided results regarding the proposed Senate continuing resolution increasing spending for this specific program.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Farmers' Market Nutrition Program (FMNP) is a federal assistance program in the United States associated with the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (known as W…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly and colloquially still known as the Food Stamp Program, or simply food stamps, is a United States federal government program that provide…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The under secretary for food, nutrition, and consumer services is a position created within the United States Department of Agriculture in 1993, and is responsible for administering the department's f…
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Claim 4: “Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Susan Collins (R-Maine) said the continuing resolution (CR) would fund most of the government at current levels until Dec. 11”
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The provided evidence consists only of dictionary definitions of the word 'proposed' and general Wikipedia entries about the US Senate. There is no evidence confirming the specific statement by Susan Collins regarding the CR funding levels or the December 11 date.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States Senate consists of 100 members, two from each of the 50 states. This list includes all senators serving in the 119th United States Congress. As of July 2026, there are 53 Republican …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a comprehensive list of all Article III and Article IV United States federal judges appointed by President Donald Trump, as well as a partial list of Article I federal judicial appointments, e…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States Senate is a chamber of the bicameral United States Congress; it is the upper house, and the U.S. House of Representatives is the lower house. Together, the Senate and House have the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate
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Claim 5: “the House, which is not due back until Aug. 31.”
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The evidence includes a general House schedule for August 2026, but does not confirm a specific return date of August 31 for the House of Representatives.
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web search NEUTRAL — The House of Representatives is scheduled to be in session for only nine daysbefore the end of the fiscal year. The Senate is not exactly overlapping the House and they have scheduled 16 days in sessi…
https://natlawreview.com/article/nine-days-s-it-house-repres…
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web search NEUTRAL — The House of Representatives is also responsible for the first round of selection for judges to the Supreme Court of the Netherlands. It submits a list of three names for every vacant position to the …
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web search NEUTRAL — House of Representative Schedule Calendar for August 2026.A Congress lasts for two years, with each year constituting a separate session. A congressional calendar is an agenda or list of business awai…
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Claim 6: “A spokesperson for Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) also posted on X: “Bipartisan CR released eight-plus weeks before funding deadline.”
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The evidence provided consists of general definitions of 'bipartisanship' and 'bipartisan'. There is no evidence of a specific post on X by a spokesperson for John Thune regarding the timing of a CR release.
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web search NEUTRAL — Bipartisanship is a political situation, sometimes referred to as nonpartisanship and usually in the context of a two-party system (especially those of the United States and some other Western countri…
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web search NEUTRAL — There have been periods of bipartisanship in American politics, such as when Republican Abraham Lincoln selected Democrat Andrew Johnson as his running mate for vice president. [1] .
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web search NEUTRAL — The meaning of BIPARTISAN is of, relating to, or involving members of two parties; specifically : marked by or involving cooperation, agreement, and compromise between two major political parties.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bipartisan
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Claim 7: “Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), the top Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, opposed that bill because it didn’t carry over a provision that blocked funding for Border Patrol.”
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One web search result mentions Rep. Rosa DeLauro saying she is a 'no' on the CR because it funds Border Patrol. However, this does not specifically confirm the date of July 22 or the specific 'provision' mentioned in the claim. It is the only source linking her opposition to Border Patrol funding in a CR context.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Connecticut were held on November 5, 2024, to elect the five U.S. representatives from the state of Connecticut, one from each of the state…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Connecticut will be held on November 3, 2026, to elect the five U.S. representatives from the State of Connecticut, one from each of the st…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Rosa Luisa DeLauro ( dih-LOR-oh; born March 2, 1943) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Connecticut's 3rd congressional district since 1991. She is a member of the Democr…
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Claim 8: “the Appropriations panel had restored that provision because Border Patrol “desperately needs reform, not more money.””
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The evidence mentions a 'Border Patrol portion' in a Senate plan and general funding recommendations, but it does not explicitly confirm that the Senate Appropriations panel restored a provision specifically to block funding for the Border Patrol based on the reasoning that they 'need reform, not more money'.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Border Patrol portion, which they argue would prevent the administration from moving funds allotted to the rest of Customs and Border Protection to the agency, comes after Democrats refused to fun…
https://www.ktsa.com/senate-pushes-ahead-with-plan-to-fund-g…
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web search NEUTRAL — Border security technology in the Senate Appropriations bill is less than what the House panel is recommending.Like the Senate, the House panel is recommending funding for the second Offshore Patrol C…
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web search NEUTRAL — 4, hoping to punt the annual funding fight past the November midterm elections. The funding patch, known as a continuing resolution, passed in a 220 to 205 vote. Six Democrats voted with all but one R…
https://www.aol.com/articles/house-moves-punt-government-fun…
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