The Senate Appropriations Committee sputtered Thursday as its consideration of the annual Justice Department funding bill was cut short due to a dispute over the Trump administration’s plans to relocate the FBI’s headquarters in Washington, D.C.

The Senate committee met Thursday morning for its first markup of the fiscal 2026 funding season to consider three of the 12 annual spending bills, covering billions of dollars for the departments of Commerce, Justice and Agriculture; the Food and Drug Administration; and the legislative branch.

But they were only able to approve two of the bills — for the Department of Agriculture and Food and Drug Administration, and for the legislative branch — and members say the third, covering the Department of Justice (DOJ) as well as the Commerce Department and science agencies, is now in “limbo” after an amendment was adopted that seeks to block President Trump’s plans to keep the FBI’s headquarters in Washington, D.C.

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