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Illustration: a giant purple and gold pocket watch opened on the National Mall between the White House and the Capitol, its rooms full of refugee services, classrooms, clinics and grant offices, while gold coins spill out of the lid as the gears run downTHE LEAD STORY

The $810 Million Pocket Rescission, Line by Line

Five days before the fiscal year ended, the White House asked Congress to cancel money it had already approved. Here is every item, why the timing matters, and what happens next.

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TOP HEADLINES

Senate passes bill to fund government into December, 90-6, ahead of five-week recessCBS NEWS · 2MOSenate votes 89-4 to advance stopgap funding bill ahead of August recessCBS NEWS · 2MOKay Granger, trailblazing Texas congresswoman, dead at 83ROLL CALL · 2MOFunding extension passes House, heads for Senate rewriteROLL CALL · 2MOHouse passes State Department funding bill for fiscal year 2027THE HILL · 2MOHouse full committee reports FY2027 Defense bill, 34-27COMMITTEE FOR A RESPONSIBLE FEDERAL BUDGET · 3MOFinal FY2026 bill signed into law, ending the shutdown. Focus turns to FY2027NATIONAL LOW INCOME HOUSING COALITION · 5MO

EARMARKS, STATE BY STATE

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48 states + DC + 5 territories covered

Not law yet: from House bills still moving (some passed the House, some only committee). Amounts can change.

Alaska: 3 earmarksAlabama: 3 earmarksArkansas: 3 earmarksArizona: 3 earmarksCalifornia: 3 earmarksColorado: 3 earmarksConnecticut: 3 earmarksDistrict of Columbia: 3 earmarksDelaware: 3 earmarksFlorida: 3 earmarksGeorgia: 3 earmarksHawaii: 3 earmarksIowa: 3 earmarksIdaho: 3 earmarksIllinois: 3 earmarksIndiana: 3 earmarksKansas: 3 earmarksKentucky: 3 earmarksLouisiana: 3 earmarksMassachusetts: 3 earmarksMaryland: 3 earmarksMaine: 3 earmarksMichigan: 3 earmarksMinnesota: 3 earmarksMissouri: 3 earmarksMississippi: 3 earmarksMontana: 3 earmarksNorth Carolina: 3 earmarksNorth DakotaNebraska: 3 earmarksNew Hampshire: 3 earmarksNew Jersey: 3 earmarksNew Mexico: 3 earmarksNevada: 3 earmarksNew York: 3 earmarksOhio: 3 earmarksOklahoma: 3 earmarksOregon: 3 earmarksPennsylvania: 3 earmarksRhode Island: 3 earmarksSouth Carolina: 3 earmarksSouth DakotaTennessee: 3 earmarksTexas: 3 earmarksUtah: 3 earmarksVirginia: 3 earmarksVermont: 3 earmarksWashington: 3 earmarksWisconsin: 3 earmarksWest Virginia: 3 earmarksWyoming: 3 earmarks

THE HAUL

WHO GOT WHAT BACK HOME

Congress has pumped $2 billion into new university earmarks

FORBES

Art for: Congress has pumped $2 billion into new university earmarks

Earmarks flood spending bills after a year's hiatus

ROLL CALL

Art for: Earmarks flood spending bills after a year's hiatus

CT secures about $190 million in earmarks from federal bills

CT MIRROR

Art for: CT secures about $190 million in earmarks from federal bills

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The House Folds, as Expected: the December 11 Stopgap Heads to the President

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The House Will Vote Tuesday, and the Rule They Chose Tells You Everything

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