Senate clears $1.2T spending package 71–28, ending a 36-hour shutdown fight that rattled Treasury markets and forced two agencies into contingency.
Negotiators attached a last-minute Pentagon procurement reform riders and a continuing resolution bridge through September, leaving Ukraine aid on a separate track that leadership promised to bring to the floor within ten days. The bill now heads to the President's desk ahead of the Friday deadline.
Sources: Congressional Record, Senate Appropriations, Treasury Office of Inspector General, Reuters, AP — 4 independent corroborations.
