Digests: M 7/21 (PDF) • T 7/22 (PDF) • W 7/23 (PDF) • Th 7/24 (PDF) • F 7/25 (PDF)
Senate — Votes — Legislation: New: 130 (D, R), Action: 10, Voted: 1, Passed: 9 — News
M 7/21/2025 — Record PDF • Summary
T 7/22/2025 — Record PDF • Summary
W 7/23/2025 — Record PDF • Summary
Th 7/24/2025 — Record PDF • Summary
House — Legislation: New: 256 (R, D), Scheduled, Action: 25, Voted: 6, Passed: 25 — News
M 7/21/2025 — Record PDF, Extensions PDF • Activity, Votes
T 7/22/2025 — Record PDF, Extensions PDF • Activity, Votes
W 7/23/2025 — Record PDF, Extensions PDF • Activity, Votes
- Higgins moves to force vote on censuring McIver after ICE facility clash (Record)
- House Passes 12 Financial Services Bills (H.R. 3395, H.R. 1716, H.R. 1469, H.R. 3382, H.R. 3339, H.R. 2384, H.R. 3343, H.R. 3351, H.R. 1450, H.R. 1549, H.R. 1764, H.R. 3357)
- House passes Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025 (H.R. 4275)
F 7/25/2025 — Record PDF, Extensions PDF • Activity
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National Security — Committees: Senate, House
Six Reasons The Muslim Brotherhood Must Be Banned In America (S. 2293, H.R. 4397)
Military — Committees: Senate, House
Hill looks to boost safety of military flights near airports
The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly In Congress's New NDAA (S. 2296)
Foreign Policy — Committees: Senate, House
Bacon praises Trump ‘pivot’ on Russia
Rep. Mary Miller, R-Ill., introduces House bill to stop China's acquisition of American farmland (H.R. 4706, S. 2258)
Constitution
Congress takes aim at local overreach in DC Many Democrats joined Republicans in 2023 to kill a controversial revamping of the District’s criminal code. While D.C. has its own mayor and city council, Congress has 30 to 60 days to review local legislation before it takes effect and can block it via a joint resolution signed by the president.
Budget — Committees: House, Senate
CBO: Estimated Budgetary Effects of Public Law 119-21, to Provide for Reconciliation Pursuant to Title II of H. Con. Res. 14, Relative to CBO’s January 2025 Baseline (P.L. 119-21) and Relative to the Budget Enforcement Baseline for Consideration in the Senate CBO estimates that Public Law 119-21 (OBBBA) will result in a net decrease in the unified budget deficit totaling $366 billion over the 2025-2034 period. That decrease in the deficit is estimated to result from a decrease in direct spending of $1.2 trillion and a decrease in revenues of $849 billion.
Federal Spending — Committees: House, Senate — FY 2026 bills, table
Spending bills reject plans for DOJ overhaul: Fiscal 2026 funding bills from both the House and Senate signal that lawmakers are not on board with consolidation of some Justice programs
Democrats confront appropriations trust deficit with White House
Schumer, Jeffries meet to discuss government funding strategy • Democrats divided over looming government shutdown fight Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, is now pushing an amendment to prevent the White House from advancing another rescissions package. He wants Republicans to agree to it before advancing annual appropriations legislation. • Democrats pressure Schumer, Senate to hold line on GOP spending bills
National Debt
U.S. Debt Situation Will Soon Be Worse Than Right After WWII
Monetary Policy — Committees: House, Senate
Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.) said White House insider is warning President Trump of a “massive market reaction” if he fires Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell
Executive — Committees: House, Senate
Tuberville says Trump health issues exacerbated by ‘fighting the radicals’
Senate Judiciary Chairman Grassley condemns Clinton email coverup, 'conspiracies to get Trump'
Justice — Punishing Evil, Praising Good (Romans 13:3-4; 1 Peter 2:14)
Murphy, Tillis gain support for bill on Camp Lejeune litigation (H.R. 4145, S. 907) • 400,000 damage claims and 2,800 lawsuits are pending over exposure to contaminated drinking water between 1953 and 1987.
Graham, Cornyn call for special counsel in Obama case
GOP senator challenges Democrats on Jeffrey Epstein files transparency (S.Res. 335)
Corruption — Praising Evil, Punishing Good (Isaiah 5:20)
McBride: transgender ban 'weakens our military'
Health Care Policy — Committee: Senate
Republicans plan bipartisan health package as Democrats demur PBMs, Medicare Advantage and expanded health care subsidies are all in play as lawmakers look to fall health package • Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., is leading the talks with a particular focus on more transparency from pharmacy benefit managers and upcoding practices in Medicare Advantage. • CBO projects a permanent extension of ACA subsidies would cost $335 billion over 10 years.
Dozens of economists call for Senate to pass healthcare price transparency
Congress — Committees: House, Senate
To confirm his nominees, Trump calls on Thune to cancel Senate’s August recess, and 'long weekends'
Johnson Highlights House Record During the 119th Congress
House GOP moves to establish long-delayed Jan. 6 committee • after August recess • House Republicans Introduce Resolution Establishing New Select Subcommittee to Continue Investigation of the Events Surrounding January 6 (H.Res. 605)
House has codified 50 Trump Executive Orders
Ocasio-Cortez receives death threats
House beefs up security funds for lawmakers The changes are effective immediately and part of a “pilot program” over the next two months. • The changes come a month after a man shot and killed a Democratic state lawmaker and her husband and shot another lawmaker in Minnesota, rattling lawmakers and renewing calls for increased security for members.
Steering Committee taps Andrew Garbarino to chair House Homeland Security Committee • Speaker Johnson Commends Selection
In the spotlight: Morgan Griffith Virginia Republican is the new chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health panel • A member of the Freedom Caucus, Griffith was a vocal critic of COVID-19 health policies, taking particular issue with vaccine mandates. He also asserted that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention didn’t provide Congress with enough information on how it planned to overhaul the agency in the wake of the pandemic.
Conservatives mourn death of Heritage Foundation founder • A Tribute
Ethics panel directs Ocasio-Cortez to make payments for Met Gala ‘Tax the Rich’ outfit rental to close the matter
Ethics panel cites Rep. Kelly for the appearance of impropriety
Tennessee republican resigns from House
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Committee Activity — Meetings: 74 • Reports: 8 • Legislative action this week:
All committee legislative action • Senate (Subcommittees) • House (Subcommittees)
Senate panel advances Waltz nomination for UN ambassador>, With Dem Assist • Rand Paul Costs Taxpayers $75 Million With Failed Effort To Block Trump UN Nominee Mike Waltz The Trump administration will release funding for UN agencies in exchange for the Democratic ranking member’s vote
Senate Judiciary advances nominees, duels over Epstein
Senate punts on Ingrassia, controversial nominee to lead Office of Special Counsel
Congress Must Investigate, Expose the Left’s Taxpayer-Funded NGO Complex (Meeting, Docs, Congress.gov)
House panel approves bill to reevaluate ties with South Africa (H.R. 2633, Meeting, Docs, Congress.gov) • Bill influenced by recent actions related to Israel and policy of nonalignment • Republicans are angry at South Africa for bringing a genocide case at the U.N. International Court of Justice against Israel for its wartime policies in the Gaza Strip.
Syria fighting intensifies sanctions debate: Repeal or go slow? (H.R. 4427, S. 2133, H.R. 3941)
Republicans ready assault on California animal welfare law (Meeting, Chairman Thompson opening statement, Docs, Congress.gov)
Should college athletes be employees? House panels (plural) say no (H.R. 4312 • Education and Workforce Meeting, Docs, Congress.gov • Energy and Commerce Meeting, Docs, Congress.gov)
Top Biden aide Ron Klain answers questions in GOP mental acuity probe • tells investigators Clinton questioned Biden's viability for 2024
House Judiciary accuses Biden FBI of creating 'false narrative' regarding Catholic Americans as violent extremists — Judiciary press release, Report (51-page PDF)
House panels subpoena ActBlue CEO for documents in probe The chairmen of the House committees on Administration, Judiciary, and Oversight and Government Reform requested that ActBlue CEO Regina Wallace-Jones provide the documents by Aug. 12
House Judiciary subpoenas former prosecutor on Jack Smith's team to sit for deposition in September The subpoena comes after Windom declined to answer certain questions related to the January 6 Select Committee and Fulton County District Attorney employees during his voluntary transcribed interview with the Judiciary Committee earlier this year.
Effort to force Epstein vote in Rules Committee throttles House again, members leave Wednesday • no Thursday votes • Speaker's committee takes different tack on Epstein Johnson, who has become known for being exceedingly patient with and sympathetic to all corners of the House GOP, is letting the members take the stand for now — hoping the upcoming August recess will create the time and space to resolve the Epstein issues.
Speaker Johnson slams Democrats over Biden decline
House panel approves subpoenas of DOJ for Epstein files, House Oversight panel to subpoena Ghislaine Maxwell for deposition, agrees to motion to subpoena Clintons over Maxwell connection (Meeting, Motion, Docs, Congress.gov)
House Republicans move to rename Kennedy Center's Opera House after Melania Trump
Committee news this week: Senate • House (Google News)
Floor Outlook
20 legislative days until fiscal year 2026 Director of the Office of Management and Budget Russell Vought confirmed that more cuts will soon be underway: “This is the kind of thing that’s necessary for us to change the paradigm of the way the town has worked. The notion that we have now dusted off a process that allows on a majority basis to come along after and cut funding is very, very substantial.”
Senate
Thune on the history level of Democratic obstruction: Democrats have been forcing cloture votes for every civilian nominee—something that is without precedent. President Trump is the first President on record not to have a single civilian nominee go by unanimous consent or voice vote at this point in his Presidency.
Thune keeps door open to nixing August recess after Trump request • tough call
House of Representatives — Rules Committee: Legislation
House breaks for August recess, despite controversy House lawmakers are expected to promote the accomplishments they've completed during the first six-months of the new term, including passing historic legislation like the "One Big Beautiful Bill," and will reconvene in D.C. on Sept. 2.
House Leaders Unveil Plans For ‘Most Important Work Month’ (August)
After delay, House Republicans hope to launch new Jan. 6 probe Leaders eye a post-recess vote to create a select subcommittee under House Judiciary (H.Res. 605)
Speaker Johnson vows ‘appropriate action’ in House if Epstein files aren’t released, says if the administration or court process does not provide enough Epstein information, the chamber would take matters into its own hands come the fall.
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3 p.m., Monday, July 28, 2025
Program for Monday: Senate will resume consideration of the nomination of Samuel Brown, of Nevada, to be Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Memorial Affairs. Senate will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of David Wright, of South Carolina, to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the term of five years expiring June 30, 2030, at 5:30 p.m.
Senators should expect additional roll call votes at approximately 8 p.m.
Thursday, 7/24/2025, Senate began consideration of 5 nominations:
- David Wright, of South Carolina, to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the term of five years expiring June 30, 2030
- Earl Matthews, of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the Department of Defense
- William Kimmitt, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trad.
- Susan Monarez, of Wisconsin, to be Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Samuel Brown, of Nevada, to be Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Memorial Affairs
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The House meets in Pro Forma sessions while in a district work period from Wednesday, July 23, 2025, through Monday, September 1, 2025.
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