Daily Digests: M 10/6 • T 10/7 • W 10/8 • Th 10/9 • F 10/10
Senate — Votes — Legislation: New: 48 (D, R), Action: 27, Voted: 8, Passed: 24 — News
M 10/6/2025 — Prayer, Digest, Record All–SLR, PDF • Chronicle • Summary
T 10/7/2025 — Prayer, Digest, Record All–SLR, PDF • Chronicle • Summary
W 10/8/2025 — Prayer, Digest, Record All–SLR, PDF • Chronicle • Summary
Th 10/9/2025 — Prayer, Digest, Record All–SLR, PDF • Chronicle • Summary
F 10/10/2025 — Digest, Record All, PDF • Chronicle • Summary
House — Votes — Legislation: New: 73 (R, D)
M 10/6/2025 — Prayer, Digest, Record All PDF, Extensions All PDF • Activity
W 10/8/2025 — Prayer, Digest, Record All PDF, Extensions All PDF • Activity
F 10/10/2025 — Prayer, Digest, Record All PDF, Extensions All PDF • Activity
The prayer was offered by the Guest Chaplain, Rev. Lisa Wink Schultz, Office of the Senate Chaplain, Washington DC.
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National Security — Committees: Senate, House
Lawmakers sound alarm over lapsed cybersecurity law
Foreign Policy — Committees: Senate, House
Ted Cruz Calls to Hold Nigerian Government Accountable for Christian Persecution
Budget — Committees: House, Senate
CBO: Monthly Budget Review: September 2025: The federal budget deficit was $1.8 trillion in fiscal year 2025, CBO estimates, $8 billion less than the shortfall recorded during fiscal year 2024. Revenues increased by an estimated $308 billion (or 6 percent). Outlays rose by an estimated $301 billion (or 4 percent). Outlays were higher in several areas, including the largest benefit programs and net interest on the public debt.
Federal Spending — Committees: House, Senate — FY 2026 bills, table
It’s Easy To Start a Shutdown — It’s Hard to End One • Into Week 2, Worries grow over air traffic tumult Democrats refuse to fund the government at levels that they’ve voted for in the past • Spending Levels Are Already A Compromise With Democrats Democrats are pushing for an unserious, radical set of policy changes that would add another $1.5 trillion to the debt.
Jeffries says ‘no Democrat’ trying to give health care to undocumented immigrants • Johnson pushes back on Democrats claiming they are not trying to provide health care for illegals: "It’s written in black and white — Page 57, Section 2141 of Chuck Schumer’s counterproposal. Republicans made it illegal for Medicaid to reimburse care for illegal aliens at higher rates than for U.S. citizens. Democrats are now demanding to reverse that," Johnson wrote on X • Subtitle B—Health, of P.L. 119-21 In Sec. 2141 of their proposal, Democrats propose repealing all of Subtitle B in exchange for funding the U.S. Federal government into fiscal year 2026 — This covers the parts of the law that deal with alien Medicaid eligibility (Sec. 71109), abortion (Sec. 71113), and rural hospitals (Sec. 71401). • In October 2025, KFF is saying Rolling Back the Big Beautiful Bill’s Health Care Provisions Would Not Provide Health Care to Undocumented Immigrants. In July 2025, KFF said, New Policy Bars Many Lawfully Present and Undocumented Immigrants from a Broad Range of Federal Health and Social Supports: Citing a 7/14/2025 HHS policy change on qualification for federal public benefits, they wrote, “This change bars many groups of lawfully present immigrants as well as undocumented immigrants from accessing many health care, educational, and other social services”
Trump calls on Democrats to reopen government, will then work on health care He declined to say whether he was meeting with Democratic leaders.
CCHF: Pass a Clean CR, No Permanent Entitlements COVID-19 Coverage Expansion Should Not Be Extended • Most Americans Don’t Want COVID Programs To Continue As Dems Push For Extension In Shutdown Fight • No, ACA Premiums Are Not Doubling, most ACA subsidies are not expiring • Jeffries rejects one-year extension of ACA subsidies, says handshake deal to address health care is not enough to end shutdown
Johnson eyes legislation to pay military, FAA controllers during shutdown • Johnson, in shift, signals no vote during shutdown for military pay • Jeffries endorses stand-alone military pay bill • Pressure grows on Johnson to hold vote on military pay • Scalise: American Troops are Suffering Under the Schumer Shutdown • Johnson says Trump 'working on ways' to keep troops paid • “Who ever goes to war at his own expense?” (1 Corinthians 9:7)
House Appropriations chairman calls for Democrats to reopen the government: Cole highlighted the success his committee has had in passing all 12 appropriations bills, which would create the federal budget for fiscal year 2026, ahead of a Sept. 30 deadline. Most of those bills still need to clear the main chamber.
Mike Johnson Crashed Some Democratic Senators’ Press Availability Outside His Office and Debated the Shutdown
Scalise calls out colleagues: Democrat senator yesterday, ‘The point of this shutdown is not just suffering for suffering's sake, but to make a point.’ • Schumer: 'every day gets better' for Democrats during shutdown • Scalise: Chuck Schumer Must Stop Inflicting Pain on the American People • Trump chides Schumer over shutdown comments: 'It's getting worse for them': "Chuck Schumer proclaimed this morning that every day gets better for them," Trump said during a Cabinet meeting. • Thune accuses Schumer of being 'checked out' in search for shutdown deal • Senate Majority Leader Thune says Schumer is 'checked out' in effort to end government shutdown: It was during a press conference on Friday that Thune criticized Schumer, citing his remark that the shutdown was proving to be a plus for the Democrats, and that it “gets better” daily.
Republican Leaders Show No Signs of Changing Their Shutdown Strategy
Pressure Points: Five ways the shutdown could end: Public Sentiment, Air traffic controller issues, Frozen paychecks, Military paychecks, Health care factors
The Trump Administration: “The RIFs have begun.” (Reductions In Force) White House calling them “substantial.” • Mass firings begin as White House weighs keeping troops paid • Administration lays off federal workers: HHS employees across multiple divisions have received reduction-in-force notices • Over 4K so far • Collins, Murkowski oppose
Executive — Committees: House, Senate
Trump dials back public schedule as government shutdown rolls on
Senators urge RFK Jr. to crack down on medication abortion • Physicians Decry FDA’s Generic Expansion of Abortion Drug • As Abortion Drug Spreads, Concerns Grow over Contamination of Water Supply concerns are growing that residue from the powerful drug as well as the remains of aborted babies are contaminating the water supply • “Then he took the calf which they had made, burned it in the fire, and ground it to powder; and he scattered it on the water and made the children of Israel drink it.” (Exodus 32:20)
Bipartisan congressional coalition supports EPA biofuels plan 47 Members of Congress to EPA: finalize proposal for the Renewable Fuel Standard program, which includes measures to discourage the use of foreign imports in the U.S. biofuel market.
Grassley 10/8 floor speech on Arctic Frost, the FBI investigation that became Jack Smith's elector case against then-citizen Trump • “Arctic Frost and related weaponization by Federal law enforcement under Biden was arguably worse than the Nixon Watergate scandal.” • No Surprise in ‘Arctic Frost’ Scandal • ‘Beyond Watergate’: Biden’s FBI Snooped On Phone Records From GOP Lawmakers In Trump Investigation Multiple FBI agents have been fired over the revelation.
WH: Nomination Sent to the Senate
Supreme Court
Trump ally appeals contempt of Congress case to Supreme Court
Health Care Policy — Committee: Senate
Immigration + Medicaid changes in 2025
A closer look at how Medicaid eligibility has changed this year
Subsidy enhancement expiration challenge points to larger Affordable Care Act failures: ACA originally included policies intended to hold down premium cost increases. • Capping premiums for older people at no more than three times premiums for younger people is mathematically the same as requiring premiums for a younger person to be no less than 1/3 the premium cost for an older person. • The sheer size and complexity of the U.S. healthcare bureaucracy is a major driver of inflation. Administrative staff now far outnumber doctors, nurses, and other care providers. • An insurance card that “doesn’t work” is one that guarantees access to services on paper, but provides no realistic financial access to those services in practice. • ACA’s regulatory burden falls primarily on health care providers who must comply with new rules, reporting requirements (like electronic health records/Meaningful Use), and new payment models (like Accountable Care Organizations, or ACOs). • Potential problems with a single-payer healthcare system largely stem from the shift of financial risk and control to a single governmental entity, which must then find ways to manage costs for an entire population. • Under single-payer, the government acts as the sole purchaser, and the centralized EHR becomes the primary tool for policy implementation and budgetary control. The data is no longer merely a clinical record but a powerful, consolidated financial and regulatory weapon to enforce budget caps and manage population behavior.
Dishonest ways to cut health care spending The intrusive “solutions” that lie in wait for the next fiscal crisis • At the convergence of technology and mandatory entitlement programs are Electronic Health Records (EHRs), a mechanism for both managing and potentially restricting benefits. Technology’s intrusiveness for enforcing health qualifications could be extremely high, leveraging passive data collection and real-time monitoring to create a near-perfect system of compliance tracking.
Chip Roy: we are for health care freedom and against socialized medicine
Science/Technology Policy — Committee: House, Senate
AI rush prompts raft of guardrail proposals
Congress — Committees: House, Senate
Senate Republican Leadership Says They Won’t Nuke the Filibuster to End the Shutdown
Congresswoman Failed to Properly Disclose 170 Trades Worth Up to $13.6M
Burchett chides colleagues over insider trading
Former Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick dead at 80
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Committee Activity — Meetings: 19 • Reports: 1 • Legislative action this week:
All committee legislative action • Senate (Subcommittees) • House (Subcommittees)
Bondi appears for Senate testimony • stonewalls Democrats (Meeting, Congress.gov)
Testimony to Senate about Biden's Censorship: The drive to silence speech doesn’t end at a podium’s edge or at the four corners of a page. It always advances toward the violent elimination of speakers. (Meeting, Congress.gov)
Comer pulls Comey subpoena in Epstein probe after former FBI director says he has no information
Jan. 6 probe analyzed Republican lawmakers’ phone records, senators say Personal cell records included who was called, duration and general location
House China panel calls for stronger restrictions on chip ‘toolmakers’
Floor Outlook
Senate
Senators push next government-reopening vote until next week, depart Washington: With Monday a federal holiday, Columbus Day, the next vote on ending debate on funding the government is scheduled for Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. Eastern.
House of Representatives — Rules Committee: Legislation
Johnson says House will remain closed until shutdown ends • The House-passed CR (H.R. 5371) would fund the government through 11/21/2025. If the Senate does not pass that bill by then, the House would need to return to pass another temporary funding bill.
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3 p.m., Tuesday, October 14, 2025
Program for Tuesday: Senate will be in a period of morning business.
At ~ 5:30 p.m., Senate votes on closing debate on the motion to proceed to consider H.R. 5371, Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act.
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The House meets in Pro Forma sessions during district work periods.
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