Capitol Hill Briefing: July 14, 2026

The Senate advanced a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill through committee Wednesday, setting up a floor vote next week, while the House passed a standalone measure to fund Veterans Affairs operations through fiscal 2025. Across both chambers, lawmakers filed 15 amendments in the past seven days, with the largest cluster targeting agricultural subsidy language in the pending farm bill.

🗳 Senate Floor Votes

✅ Passed — 50 Yeas, 46 Nays
An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy…

✅ Passed — 50 Yeas, 45 Nays
Matthew A. Schwartz, of New York, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit

🏛 House Floor Votes

FINANCE AND FINANCIAL SECTORBanking and financial institutions regulation · Consumer affairs · Firearms and explosives

✅ Passed — 221 Yeas, 201 Nays Roll call →
Final Passage — H R 1181: Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act

FINANCE AND FINANCIAL SECTORBanking and financial institutions regulation · Consumer affairs · Firearms and explosives

❌ Failed — 208 Yeas, 217 Nays Roll call →
Motion to Recommit — H R 1181: Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act

SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, COMMUNICATIONSState and local government operations · Time and calendar

✅ Passed — 308 Yeas, 117 Nays Roll call →
Final Passage — H R 139: Sunshine Protection Act

✅ Passed — 215 Yeas, 211 Nays Roll call →
On agreeing to the resolution — H RES 1423: Providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 139) Sunshine Protection Act; (H.R…

✅ Passed — 217 Yeas, 210 Nays Roll call →
Previous Question — H RES 1423: Providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 139) Sunshine Protection Act; (H.R. 8595) National Security, Department of State, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027; (H.R…