The Senate passed more than $180 billion in funding for veterans programs, new military facilities, the Agriculture Department and the Food and Drug Administration, as lawmakers moved to reassert their control over federal spending.

The Senate on Friday broke a multiday impasse by passing the first three fiscal 2026 spending bills, the first time the upper chamber has passed appropriations bills before the August recess since 2018.

Overwhelming bipartisan passage of $488 billion in federal funding masked a bigger fight ahead over funding the rest of the government before a Sept. 30 shutdown deadline.

The chamber’s leaders hope to strike a compromise with House lawmakers before federal cash stops flowing on Oct. 1.