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The Senate fell short on the opening procedural vote for its FY2027 defense authorization bill while the House passed a firearm-purchase privacy measure and bipartisan bills, and committees convened on…
Justices Barrett and Kagan testified on the Supreme Court's FY2027 budget — the first such appearance since 2019 — as Congress juggled a stalled defense bill, stuck appropriations and a…
Congress's week of July 7: the House FY2027 NDAA would authorize $1.1 trillion (+28% for defense), FY2027 appropriations stall, and TRIA reauthorization clears the House 373–15.
A digest of pre-recess congressional activity: the Senate's 47-50 rejection of an Iran war powers resolution, escalating House Oversight subpoenas in the Epstein probe, judicial confirmations, a bipartisan housing bill,…
The House left early for the July 4th recess after a rule collapse stalled the fiscal 2027 defense bill, while the Senate crypto market-structure bill snagged on ethics language.
The House passed the KIDS Act and a terrorism-insurance reauthorization and teed up the FY2027 defense bill as CBO projects a $1.9 trillion deficit.
Congress sent the bipartisan 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act to the president's desk, but the signing was canceled over the SAVE America Act. Plus House Oversight subpoenas, F-35 scrutiny,…
The Senate adopted an Iran War Powers resolution 50-48 with four Republicans crossing over, confirmed an OSCE envoy 67-30, and turned to judicial confirmations — a daily record of congressional…
The Senate advanced the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act toward final passage as the FY2027 NDAA cleared committee near $1.15 trillion, a $70 billion ICE/CBP reconciliation package became law,…
The Senate blocked an Iran War Powers resolution 47-48 and advanced a bipartisan housing bill 87-8, while confirming an Eighth Circuit judge and vetting a slate of senior nominees. TIJ's…