The Senate's CR would keep the government open through Dec. 11, while extending cyber information sharing authorities and the Technology Modernization Fund. The Senate’s bill to keep the government funded past the midterm elections would extend critical cybersecurity authorities and allow the Technology Modernization Fund to continue investing in agency tech projects. The Senate Appropriations Committee released its version of the continuing resolution on Sunday. The bill would fund the government at current levels from the start of fiscal 2027 on Oct. 1 through Dec. 11. House Republicans passed their version of a “clean CR” along party lines last month. The House bill would fund the government through Dec. 4. House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole (R-Okla.) said it is “free of poison pills” while extending critical programs. The Senate’s bill, meanwhile, has more provisions, including bipartisan extensions and other compromises to meet the upper chamber’s 60-vote threshold for advancing a bill. Senate Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Susan Collins (R-Maine) said she worked with colleagues in both parties to craft the funding measure. “This CR is straightforward,” Collins said in a statement. “It continues current government funding levels until Dec. 11 and includes necessary adjustments for programs like the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), vital national security programs, including shipbuilding across multiple vessels, and the Disaster Relief Fund. The CR also avoids any poison pills.” The Senate bill blocks the Office of Management and Budget from implementing its re-write of federal grant regulations. Collins has called on OMB Director Russell Vought to rescind parts of those proposed regulations. In a statement, Appropriations Committee Vice Chairwoman Patty Murray (D-Wash) applauded the grants provision and others. She said the Senate CR includes “important extensions and language that House Republicans’ CR did not.” “It rejects Trump’s frivolous war spending