{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.murray.senate.gov/senator-murray-on-release-of-cr-text/", "Senator Murray on Release of CR Text", "2026-08-02", "2026", "2026-08", "Democrat", "Senate", "WA", "Patty Murray", "M001111", "www.murray.senate.gov", "murray", "https://www.murray.senate.gov/category/press-releases/", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2014 Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement on the release of text of a continuing resolution (CR) that keeps the government funded through December 11.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s good that we were able to produce a much-improved CR to keep the government funded and avert a shutdown that no one wants.\n\n\u201cThis bill includes important extensions and language that House Republicans\u2019 CR did not, and it rejects Trump\u2019s frivolous war spending wish list. Importantly, we closed the loophole in House Republicans\u2019 CR that would have allowed the Trump administration to transfer funding provided for other programs to Border Patrol, which desperately needs reform, not more money.\n\n\u201cBecause of Democrats\u2019 unrelenting efforts, this bill blocks implementation of OMB\u2019s corrupt new grants rule for the duration of the CR. The proposed rule would systematically politicize federal funding and allow Trump officials to cancel grants at any time for any reason. Enabling this rule would only give Trump the greenlight to take even more federal funding hostage. While Republicans rejected killing the proposed rule outright, I\u2019m going to keep fighting to put a stop to it once and for all, and I will keep pressing my Republican colleagues to do exactly that.\n\n\u201cI pushed hard to extend infrastructure funding set to run out on September 30, so that we can save jobs and keep fixing America\u2019s roads and bridges, and I also fought to protect Congress\u2019 power of the purse and prevent Russ Vought from attempting another end-run around Congress with illegal \u2018pocket rescissions.\u2019 Ultimately, Republicans refused to work with us to get these common sense priorities enacted in law, but I hope everyone who shares my frustration that Republicans refuse to do more to stand up to this president will join us in speaking out and speaking up for change in every way possible.\u201d\n\nThe CR addresses key problems with House Republicans\u2019 CR:\n\nIt closes the loophole that would have allowed the Trump administration to transfer funding for other programs to Border Patrol.\n\nIt includes important anomalies that House Republicans neglected to include, including anomalies needed to allow housing programs to keep serving Americans, to ensure the Commodity Supplemental Food Program has the funds needed to continue serving low-income seniors, and more.\n\nIt extends authorizations of important health, veterans, infrastructure, and other programs for the duration of the CR.\n\nSenate Democrats also secured language to prevent the Trump administration from implementing the Office of Management and Budget\u2019s (OMB) proposed grants rule through the duration of the CR. Earlier this summer, every Senate Democrat called on OMB to withdraw the rule, which would put Trump political appointees in charge of signing off on every last federal grant and empower them to terminate funding at any point for any reason. Vice Chair Murray will continue pushing to block the proposed rule once and for all.\n\nThe CR also rejects President Trump\u2019s request to include new funding and flexibilities for the Pentagon through anomalies, including his request for $1 billion to build \u201cTrump-class\u201d battleships.\n\nRepublicans rejected Democrats\u2019 efforts to, among other things:\n\nExtend advanced appropriations provided by Division J of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) beyond the law\u2019s expiration on October 1\u2014in order to save good jobs and keep rebuilding America\u2019s infrastructure. Vice Chair Murray has been warning about the looming infrastructure cliff for months and has emphasized that as tens of billions of dollars in infrastructure funds expire this fall, it is all the more important that Congress secures a topline funding agreement with significantly more nondefense funding.\n\nProtect Congress\u2019 power of the purse and prevent Russ Vought from impounding funding and attempting another \u201cpocket rescission.\u201d\n\nText of the continuing resolution is available HERE. 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