House appropriations subcommittee favorably reports FY2026 national security, State Department funding bill after partisan debate

The House Appropriations subcommittee on National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs voted 8-5 to favorably report the fiscal year 2026 appropriations bill to the full committee after a contentious markup that split largely along party lines.

The bill would reduce funding by roughly 22% from the fiscal year 2025 enacted level and includes explicit funding and policy provisions aimed at prioritizing what supporters called U.S. national security interests. The measure, as described during the markup, provides $3,300,000,000 in security assistance for Israel, $500,000,000 in foreign military financing for Taiwan, and creates two new accounts described in the bill as the “America First Opportunity Fund” and a “National Security Investment Program.” The measure would also withhold or prohibit funds for a number of international organizations and programs listed in the text before the subcommittee.

Subcommittee remarks and members’ exchanges laid out starkly different views of the bill’s effect. The subcommittee chair (name not specified in the transcript) described the package as a reorientation of foreign assistance…