Senate GOP appropriators want their leaders to bring a package of fiscal 2026 spending bills to the floor before August recess, Chair Susan Collins, R-Maine, said Thursday.

House Speaker Mike Johnson secures victory as Congress approves $9 billion in spending cuts targeting international aid and public broadcasting in first rescissions package in decades.

The Senate passed a bill that would cut $9 billion in federal funding for public broadcasting, foreign aid and more. See how Illinois' senators voted.

Senate Republicans are expected to move forward on Wednesday with efforts to codify some of the DOGE cuts to programs such as the U.S. Agency for International Development and public broadcasting.