Senators Advance Bill Rejecting Trump’s Planned Health Cuts

Disease research, labor programs, and early-childhood education funds would get a boost in a bill approved by a Senate panel Thursday, which mostly pushed back on cuts proposed by President Donald Trump.

The Senate Appropriations Committee advanced its fiscal 2026 Labor-HHS-Education spending bill in a 26-3 vote, providing nearly $197 billion.

The measure is the largest annual non-military funding bill. The panel advanced it alongside its Defense appropriations bill, two measures that combine to make up roughly two-thirds of federal discretionary spending.

Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), the top Democrat on the panel’s Labor-HHS-Education Subcommittee, told reporters she would like those ...