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Congress Starts Second Session With a Crowded Agenda Focused on Appropriations Congress returns this week to a crowded agenda, with House Republicans planning to resume work on fiscal year 2026 appropriations bills as their top priority, as the current continuing resolution funding the government expires...

Congress Finishing Up Year-End Agenda The House and Senate rush to pass the remaining bills in their year-end agenda as they prepare to recess on Friday, December 19, returning the week of January 5 to start the second session of the 119th Congress and try...

Congress Returns From Recess to Complete Their Year-End Agenda Congress returned from the Thanksgiving recess with a full December agenda and the next funding deadline arriving January 30. Lawmakers are preparing for an intense stretch of legislative work over the next couple of weeks before...

Congress Ends Record Shutdown but Faces Renewed Funding Battles President Donald Trump ended the 43-day partial government shutdown in the late evening on November 12 by signing a short-term spending measure  (H.R. 5371) that funds federal agencies through January 30. He used the signing moment...

Political Brinkmanship Deepens as Shutdown Nears One Month The government shutdown, now nearing a full month, shows little sign of resolution as negotiations remain stalled and President Donald Trump’s absence abroad limits direct engagement with congressional leaders. Democrats maintain that any meaningful deal to reopen...

Senate GOP Moves to Confirm EPA Chemical Policy Nominee On October 8, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee convened a hearing on Doug Troutman’s nomination to lead the EPA’s Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, highlighting the Republican majority’s focus on practical reform...

Senate Impasse Drives Government Shutdown and Funding Uncertainty The federal government shut down on October 1, after Senate Democrats blocked a Republican continuing resolution (CR) (H.R. 5371) to fund operations for seven additional weeks. This is the first shutdown since 2019, halting a range of...

GOP Unity Holds Firm as Democrats Edge Closer to Forcing a Government Shutdown House Republicans on September 16 released their “clean” proposed continuing resolution (CR) (H.R. 5371) that would keep the government funded through November 21 to provide more time to negotiate long-term funding bills....