WASHINGTON UPDATES

The House adjourned for August recess this week and will return in September. Before leaving, the House passed a $1.15 trillion defense authorization bill, a budget resolution for a $95 billion reconciliation package, and a ban on member stock purchases. The Senate will...

The House and Senate are out this week. They return next week to a crowded agenda and a short timeline that will test whether Congress can move a stack of must-pass bills before the respective current laws expire. President Trump travels to Turkey...

Note: In observance of Independence Day, our next Weekly will arrive on July 6.   Good afternoon! The Senate is in recess until July 13. The House is scheduled to consider the FY 2027 National Defense Authorization Act and the National Security-State...

Good afternoon! Both the House and Senate left Washington early this week as an impasse arose when President Trump declined to sign a bipartisan housing bill unless Congress passed voter identification legislation. The Trump administration sent Congress an $87.6 billion supplemental funding request....

Good afternoon! Congress returns this week with a full agenda focused on appropriations and a major housing bill. The Senate is expected to pass comprehensive housing legislation Monday evening, sending it back to the House and possibly the President’s desk by the end...

Good afternoon! The House is in recess until June 23. The Senate will hold a confirmation hearing on President Trump’s nomination of Jay Clayton to be Director of National Intelligence, a potential floor vote on a bipartisan housing affordability package, and two committee...

Good afternoon! Congress focused on defense and intelligence matters this week before the House adjourned for its scheduled week-long recess Thursday afternoon. Lawmakers in both chambers advanced defense bills and attempted to pass legislation to reauthorize the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. President Trump...

Good afternoon! Congressional leaders are warning the administration to prepare for a possible lapse in Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Section 702 authority before it expires Friday, June 12, after the Senate stalled on its renewal last week. The Senate Armed Services Committee...

Good afternoon! The Senate cleared a reconciliation bill early Friday, providing nearly $70 billion for immigration enforcement after an 18-hour vote-a-rama, while an attempt to reauthorize a key foreign surveillance program stalled ahead of its June 12 deadline. Over in the House, Appropriations...

Good afternoon! The Senate cleared a reconciliation bill early Friday, providing nearly $70 billion for immigration enforcement after an 18-hour vote-a-rama, while an attempt to reauthorize a key foreign surveillance program stalled ahead of its June 12 deadline. Over in the House, Appropriations...

Good afternoon! Congress returns to Washington this week. Both chambers will work on Fiscal Year 2027 (FY27) funding bills. The Senate Republicans are making a second attempt to pass their immigration enforcement reconciliation bill after progress was stalled before the recess. Several Cabinet...

Good afternoon! The Trump administration spent much of the week focused on a potential breakthrough on the Iran conflict. A federal judge declined to block the administration’s mail-in voting executive order. The House and Senate were in recess this week. The House Armed...