House Republicans Aid and Abet President Trump’s Law Breaking in Legislative Branch Funding Bill

WASHINGTON — House Appropriations Committee Republicans released their 2026 Legislative Branch funding bill, which will be considered in subcommittee tomorrow. The legislation promotes waste, fraud, and abuse and is filled with unnecessary partisan policies that were removed in the final bills the last two years.

For 2026, the bill includes a total of $5 billion, a decrease of $272 million or 5 percent, below 2025. This total excludes the Senate items. The legislation:

• Aids and abets President Trump in continuing to steal money promised to the American taxpayer by gutting and politicizing the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office.
• Threatens the preservation of our nation’s history and culture by slashing resources for the Library of Congress.
• Does not increase the Member’s Representational Allowance (MRA) to support additional security protections for Members of Congress.
• Shows House Republicans are continuing to ignore the sacrifices of the United States Capitol Police by failing to call for the immediate installation of the completed January 6 plaque honoring law enforcement.   
• Bars Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients from employment in the Legislative Branch.
• Makes it harder to recruit and retain qualified staff at the House of Representatives by failing to extend existing federal protections for new moms to Legislative Branch employees, creating a license to discriminate against LGBTQI+ people, and blocking programs and activities that create a safer and more inclusive workplace.

“Investing in our legislative branch is investing in the foundation of our democracy. Unfortunately, this funding bill cuts vital information-gathering agencies that the American people rely on like the Library of Congress and the Government Accountability Office,” Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee Ranking Member Adriano Espaillat (D-NY-13) said. “This bill does nothing to safeguard against the growing levels of executive overreach into legislative branch agencies and contains harmful, discriminatory riders. Although there is a level of funding for security measures, in light of recent violence against Minnesota state Representative Melissa Hortman, state Senator John Hoffman, and their spouses, I am hopeful we can find consensus in how to better protect our Members and staff.”

“The Legislative Branch bill should be the easiest for us to find bipartisan agreement. We should share goals for the investments in this institution that enable us to best serve our constituents and the American people. Unfortunately, House Republicans have chosen a different path – a path promoting waste, fraud, and abuse while aiding and abetting President Trump,” Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) said. “This bill threatens the preservation of our nation’s history and culture and does not increase security for Members of Congress to account for escalating threats of violence. It is filled with harmful policies that ignore the sacrifices of the United States Capitol Police by failing to call for the immediate installation of the completed January 6 plaque honoring law enforcement. I hope Republicans reconsider their strategy and join us at the table to support the work the American people elected us to do and protect the separation of powers—the foundation of our democracy.”

A summary of House Republicans’ 2026 Legislative Branch funding bill is here. A fact sheet of the bill is here. The full text of the bill is here.

In keeping with longstanding practice whereby each chamber of Congress determines its own housekeeping requirements and the other concurs without intervention, the bill does not include funds for the Senate or Senate office buildings. 

The subcommittee markup will be webcast live and linked from the House Committee on Appropriations website.

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