Keep fighting to pass the remaining budget through the regular appropriations process to provide certainty for Nebraskans.

I will keep fighting to pass the remaining budget through the regular appropriations process to provide certainty for Nebraskans

Ricketts committed to continuing efforts to pass the rest of the budget through the regular appropriations process.

Ricketts Supports Senate Passage of Bipartisan Appropriations Package - Senator Pete Ricketts
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Congress.gov records H.R.4366 as Public Law 118-42 on March 9, 2024 and summarizes it as including six of the twelve regular FY2024 appropriations bills.

Congress enacted the first half of FY2024 regular appropriations in a consolidated package. This supports partial delivery of passing remaining budget items through appropriations, though not as separate bills or on time.

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Congress.gov: H.R.4366 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024
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On the motion to concur on H.R.4366, the Senate agreed 75-22; Senator Ricketts is listed as voting Nay.

Ricketts did not vote to pass the first FY2024 consolidated regular appropriations package, weakening evidence that he fulfilled the promise personally.

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U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote 118th Congress, 2nd Session, Vote 84
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Congress.gov records H.R.2882 as Public Law 118-47 on March 23, 2024 and summarizes it as including the other six regular FY2024 appropriations bills.

Congress completed FY2024 regular appropriations with the second six-bill package, providing budget certainty for that fiscal year, but through a consolidated late package.

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Congress.gov: H.R.2882 - Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024
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On the motion to concur on H.R.2882, the Senate agreed 74-24; Senator Ricketts is listed as voting Nay.

Ricketts also voted against the second FY2024 package that completed the regular appropriations bills, so his own vote did not advance final passage.

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U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote 118th Congress, 2nd Session, Vote 114
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Congress.gov records H.R.1968 as Public Law 119-4 and says it provided continuing FY2025 appropriations for the remainder of FY2025 because FY2025 appropriations bills had not been enacted.

For FY2025, Congress did not pass the remaining budget through the regular appropriations process; it used a full-year continuing resolution instead.

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Congress.gov: H.R.1968 - Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025
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On the H.R.1968 cloture vote, the Senate vote was 62-38; Senator Ricketts is listed as voting Yea.

Ricketts helped advance the full-year FY2025 continuing resolution, which provided funding certainty but was not the regular appropriations process promised.

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U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote 119th Congress, 1st Session, Vote 128
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