New brief: Comparing the Senate- and House-Passed 2026 Supplemental Operating Budgets

By: WRC
3:07 pm
March 2, 2026

Despite a maintenance level budget shortfall, the operating budgets passed by the Senate and House would both increase net new policy spending. They would balance the budget in 2025–27 using one-time funds, and each proposal assumes that revenues from a new income tax will be collected beginning in 2029.

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Categories: Budget.