2026 Congressional Outlook: A Narrowing Window Before the Midterms

House lawmakers met for a marathon day of legislative business yesterday and into the early morning hours today, where they cleared several pending bills. Here’s an overview of what happened and what to watch for next week: Landmark Digital Asset Bills Pass Overwhelmingly. It’s a watershed moment for digital assets in Washington after House lawmakers […]

The Senate is still in the process of its “vote-a-rama” amendment debate on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act as Republicans look to send the revised reconciliation package to the House later this morning. The GOP batted down scores of amendments and procedural motions offered by Democrats throughout yesterday and overnight, but floor action was […]

Key authorizing committees are meeting today to resume markups of their respective portions of the GOP reconciliation bill. After the Armed Services, Education & Workforce, and Homeland Security Committees approved their pieces of reconciliation yesterday, the Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I), Judiciary, and Oversight Committees are on tap for today. Of note, T&I Republicans […]

Congress is expected to receive additional clarity from the Treasury Department as to when the federal government could run out of borrowing power — a key factor that could accelerate consideration of the GOP reconciliation bill. Specifically, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is reportedly slated to provide Congress with an update as to when the “X […]

Congress wrapped up legislative business last week after Republicans successfully unlocked the reconciliation process to pass “one big, beautiful bill” containing President Donald Trump’s legislative priorities on tax, border, energy, and more. Pursuant to the budget resolution, committees of instruction have until Friday, May 9 to produce their respective reconciliation bills, and Republicans are trying […]

The House formally adopted [216-214] the updated GOP budget resolution to officially unlock the reconciliation process for President Trump’s legislative agenda on tax, border, energy, and more. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) originally intended to hold a vote on the updated resolution during yesterday’s session, but more than a dozen GOP lawmakers expressed concerns about the […]

A pair of competing government funding strategies are emerging as Congress brushes up against next Friday’s deadline. Specifically, the “four corners” leaders of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees are reportedly on the cusp of an agreement on topline spending figures for fiscal year (FY) 2025, a critical precursor to the development appropriations bills that […]

It was business as usual from President Donald Trump during last night’s record-length joint address to Congress as he sought to rally the “GOP trifecta” on his accomplishments over the course of his first couple of months back in office, as well as his legislative agenda. The president reiterated familiar promises and demands from the […]

The House will gavel in today for a pivotal vote on the House GOP budget resolution as leadership looks to move closer toward crafting and enacting a sweeping reconciliation package on tax, energy, border security, and more. House Republican leadership has been working overtime to shore up support for the budget resolution among lawmakers that […]

House lawmakers will gavel in for legislative business today as Republican leadership looks to adopt its budget resolution by tomorrow evening. While the House’s plan to pass “one big beautiful” reconciliation package has momentum over the Senate’s thanks to the president’s endorsement, GOP leadership still has work to do to so that its budget resolution […]

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) will bring the House GOP’s budget resolution to the floor next week after President Donald Trump endorsed the one-bill approach yesterday. While the House’s resolution passed in committee with the full support of Republicans on the panel, leadership will still need to work overtime to ensure full support on the floor […]

The Senate GOP’s budget resolution is on a glidepath toward adoption in the upper chamber, but President Donald Trump is not fully onboard with the two-bill approach. In a major win for House Republican leadership, the president took to his social media platform earlier today and called on the GOP to “kickstart” the reconciliation process using […]