# Spending deal comes with a bonus: Blocking political control of grants

https://mins.news/en/item/42762

- Ars Technica, 2026-09-02 21:20 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/09/budget-deal-puts-political-control-of-grants-on-hold-until-december/

> The House passed a stopgap spending measure Tuesday to fund the US government through early December. By adopting the Senate’s version, lawmakers also retained a provision barring the Office of Management and Budget from implementing rules that would let political appointees control science funding and cancel grants at will.

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