Today on Capitol Hill: 2 Senate floor votes; 5 committee meetings; 15 amendments submitted. Full breakdown below.
🗳 Senate Floor Votes
❌ Failed — 47 Yeas, 50 Nays
A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not been authorized by Congress.
✅ Passed — 51 Yeas, 46 Nays
An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar.
🏢 Committee Activity
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies (Senate): Meeting — Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for the U.S. Forest Service.
Senate Judiciary (Senate): Meeting — S 1572, S 3062, S 3966 — Business meeting to consider S.1572, to amend title 18, United States Code, to improve the Federal carjacking statute, S.3062, to require artificial intelligence chatbots to implement age verification measures and make certain disclosures, S.3966, to prohibit the enforcement of certain contractual clauses that restrict disclosure of sexual abuse of minors, S.736, to increase the penalty for prohibited provision of a phone in a correctional facility, S.825, to require the Attorney General to propose a program for making treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder and acute stress disorder available to public safety officers, S.4394, to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to improve the COPS program with respect to training command-level personnel, and the nominations of Justin D. Smith, of Missouri, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit, Sheria Akins Clarke, to be United States District Judge for the District of South Carolina, Jeffrey M. Kuhlman, Anthony W. Mattivi, and Anthony J. Powell, each to be a United States District Judge for the District of Kansas, Kathleen S. Lane, to be United States District Judge for the District of Montana, Evan Rikhye, to be Judge for the District Court of the Virgin Islands, Kara Marie Westercamp, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States Court of International Trade, and Kenneth Sorenson, to be United States Attorney for the District of Hawaii, Timothy VerHey, to be United States Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, James Arnott, to be United States Marshal for the Western District of Missouri, Jack Chambers, to be United States Marshal for the Southern District of West Virginia, Jason Holt, to be United States Marshal for the Northern District of Oklahoma, and Johnson TeeHee II, to be United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, all of the Department of Justice.
Senate Foreign Relations (Senate): Meeting — Business meeting to consider the nominations of John Breslow, of Arizona, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Cyprus, Fleet White, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Political-Military Affairs), Todd Steggerda, of Virginia, to be Representative of the United States of America to the Office of the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva, with the rank of Ambassador, Preston Wells Griffith III, of Virginia, to be Representative to the Vienna Office of the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador and to be Representative of the United States of America to the International Atomic Energy Agency, with the rank of Ambassador, and Adam Cassady, of Virginia, to be Ambassador at Large for Cyberspace and Digital Policy.
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies (Senate): Meeting — Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Senate Armed Services (Senate): Meeting — Closed hearings to examine the Department of Defense budget request for Fiscal Year 2027 and the Future Years Defense Program; to be immediately followed by an open session at approximately 11:00 a.m. in SD-G50.
📝 Amendments Submitted Today
SAMDT 5440
In the nature of a substitute.
SAMDT 5441
To require a report on Department of Justice activity relating to certain programs.
SAMDT 5439
SAMDT 5438
HAMDT 179
An amendment comprised of the following amendments printed in Part B of House Report 119-628 as en bloc No. 1: Nos. 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 19, 23, 25, 32, 34, 35, 37, 40, 43, 44, 48, 52, 53, 54, 5…
HAMDT 189
An amendment numbered 16 printed in Part B of House Report 119-628 to revise the USDA standards to confirm livestock depredations by Mexican wolves.
HAMDT 190
An amendment numbered 18 printed in Part B of House Report 119-628 to prohibit animal research in China, Russia, and other countries of concern.
HAMDT 193
An amendment numbered 22 printed in Part B of House Report 119-628 to repeal and prohibit future implementation of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) rule mandating electronic ide…
HAMDT 192
An amendment numbered 21 printed in Part B of House Report 119-628 to add the text of H.R. 6300, the Grasslands Grazing Act, to the bill.
HAMDT 200
An amendment numbered 36 printed in Part B of House Report 119-628 to preserve greyhound racing operations in West Virginia.
📰 In the News
• Congress gets itself together — sort of – Punchbowl News
• Congress passes short-term FISA extension – Axios
• House Passes DHS Funding Bill, Ending Shutdown – The New York Times
• Hegseth argues Iran ceasefire ‘pauses’ deadline for Congress’s approval – The Washington Post
• Record-long Department of Homeland Security shutdown ends – NBC News
• US Congress passes bill to resume funding for DHS and end partial shutdown – Al Jazeera
📊 See how every member voted on ThePolitibase. Data from Congress.gov, senate.gov, clerk.house.gov, and the FEC.