House passes State Department funding bill for fiscal year 2027

The House on Wednesday passed an appropriations bill funding the State Department, national security and other programs for fiscal year 2027, sending the measure to the Senate for consideration.

The lower chamber voted 217-209 to pass the measure, with one Democrat crossing the aisle to support the bill and one Republican voting against it.

As part of an effort to appease hard-line conservatives, the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act will be merged with the State Department funding bill before it’s sent to the Senate, in a legislative procedure known as MIRVing.

The SAVE America Act would require proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections and the presentation of an ID to cast a ballot. The Senate is expected to strip the SAVE America Act out of the funding bill, though.

This is the third appropriations bill that the lower chamber has passed. The House previously passed a military construction and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) appropriations bill that would fund veterans’ benefits and invest more than $2 billion in infrastructure improvements for VA medical facilities and four cemeteries, along with a number of other priorities.

The lower chamber also passed an appropriations bill centered on agriculture, rural development, the Food and Drug Administration and related agencies; it would deliver $1.16 billion to the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and improve the “tracking system of foreign-owned land,” among other things, according to the House Appropriations Committee.

The lower chamber still has to pass nine more appropriations bills before the end of September.

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) had sponsored an amendment to cut off aid to Israel as part of the State Department appropriations bill. The amendment failed to pass, but the 104-314 vote showed how the issue is reshaping the political dynamics in the Democratic Party.

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