The three specific bills in the package are the Agriculture-FDA, Military Construction-Veterans Affairs (MilCon-VA), and Legislative Branch appropriations bills

• The shutdown's cause: The ongoing government shutdown is a result of broader Congressional disagreements on appropriations bills, not a specific failure of the 2025 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Act.
• The bill as a solution: The 2025 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs bill is one of the spending measures being considered by the Senate to end the shutdown.
• Proposed funding: The bill proposes to fully fund veterans' healthcare and benefits, and provide significant funding for military construction, including family housing.
• Well, at least the military will keep its full healthcare and funding
• but these people here sided with the reds smh Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois
• Sen. Angus King of Maine (independent who caucuses with Democrats)
• Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada
• Sen. Jacky Rosen of Nevada
• Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania
• Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia
• Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire
• Sen. Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire
• just why?,