Legislative Watch

Senate invokes cloture 51-45 to advance Kevin Warsh to the Federal Reserve chairmanship as Capitol Hill convenes nuclear-stewardship, grid-permitting, and AI-in-banking hearings.

Senate appropriators open FY2027 defense hearings as a 2B border reconciliation tranche awaits conference, the House clears the 2026 Farm Bill, and AI energy and privacy bills proliferate amid a…

Defense Secretary Hegseth and Gen. Caine faced House appropriators on the FY2027 Pentagon budget and Iran operations. Senate Armed Services examined Army posture; Oversight set a Pentagon-audit hearing; CBO updated…

Capitol Hill closes April with a defeated Iran war powers resolution (47-50), passage of the 2026 Farm Bill (224-200), a unanimous Senate ban on prediction-market trading, a 45-day FISA 702…

FY 2027 appropriations advance in the House, the Senate adopts a 50-48 budget resolution amid the DHS funding standoff, CBO scores H.R. 8290 and H.R. 7723, a bipartisan TRIA reauthorization…

Defense Secretary Hegseth defends a $1.5 trillion FY27 Pentagon request before Senate Armed Services as the Senate tees up cloture on en bloc nominations and a three-year FISA Section 702…

Capitol Watch is The Investigative Journal’s daily digest tracking floor votes, committee hearings, oversight actions, and budget developments on Capitol Hill. Today’s edition covers Senate floor action on April 28,…

Capitol Watch is The Investigative Journal’s daily digest of legislative, oversight and budget activity on Capitol Hill, drawn from Congress.gov, committee filings and on-the-record statements. Senate clears reconciliation runway with…

Senate moves on ATF nominee Cekada; House takes up FISA Section 702 rewrite, the Farm Bill, and the FY26 budget resolution; King Charles III addresses Joint Meeting Tuesday.

Kevin Warsh's Fed confirmation hearing fractures Senate Republicans, House appropriators advance two FY27 bills, Oversight standoff with Pam Bondi deepens, and CBO flags widening deficit risk.