Keep Head Start Funded Act of 2025
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- Senate
- Sponsors
- +30
- Latest action
- Nov 6, 2025
What it does
This bill provides FY2026 continuing appropriations to carry out Head Start programs without interruption during any period in which interim or full-year appropriations for FY2026 are not in effect (i.e., a government shutdown).
Official summary · Introduced in Senate · Nov 6, 2025
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Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
- Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
- Sen. Alsobrooks, Angela D. [D-MD]
- Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
- Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
- Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
- Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
- Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
- Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
- Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ]
- Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
- Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]
- Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]
- Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA]
- Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ]
- Sen. Kim, Andy [D-NJ]
- Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM]
- Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
- Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
- Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
- Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
- Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA]
- Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
- Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
- Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]
- Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA]
- Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
- Sen. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI]
- Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
- Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD]
- Sen. Warnock, Raphael G. [D-GA]
- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT]
- Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]
- Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
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