The Senate Appropriations Committee marked up four of its FY 25 appropriations bills yesterday, including its $231 billion Labor-HHS bill, which is nearly $6 billion above FY 24 enacted funding levels. The Senate bill is in marked contrast to the FY 25 House Labor-HHS Appropriations bill which provides 11% less than FY 24 enacted levels. The Senate Labor-HHS bill moved through the Appropriations Committee by a vote of 25-3. The bill provides $122.8 billion in discretionary funding for HHS and $80 billion in discretionary funding for the Department of Education. The Senate has now passed 11 of its 12 FY 25 funding bills through Committee. The House passed their Labor-HHS bill out of Committee earlier this year. Both the House and Senate have left for their annual August recess and return September 9. It is likely that the Labor-HHS bill will be resolved in a post-election lame duck session of Congress. Bill text, report language, and summaries from the Senate Appropriations Committee are here.