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This week in Washington Senate: The Senate continued processing nominations including confirmation of 49 Executive Branch and judicial nominees, en bloc through S.Res. 690 and passed a War Powers Resolution on the War in Iran. They failed to take the next steps to process the reconciliation bill to fund ICE and CBP due to a lack of consensus on White House ballroom funding and the $1.8 billion compensation fund. House: The House passed the Veterans 2nd Amendment Protectio

This week in Washington Senate: The Senate continued processing nominations, including Kevin Warsh to be Chair of the Federal Reserve. The Byrd Bath for the immigration enforcement reconciliation bill to fund CBP and ICE began. House: The House passed the Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act (E-15) (H.R.1346), the Cashless Bail Reporting Act (H.R.5625), the Keeping Violent Offender Off Our Streets Act (H.R.6260), the Monitor Accountability Act (H.R.8365), an

This week in Washington Senate: The Senate was in recess. House: The House was in recess. Trump Administration: On May 4, President Trump signed S.723, the Tribal Trust Land Homeownership Act, into law. The new law establishes deadlines for the Bureau of Indian Affairs to process leasehold mortgages on trust or restricted Tribal land. Next week in Washington Senate: The Senate will reconvene Monday, May 11. They are expected to continue processing nominations,

This week in Washington Senate: The Senate continued processing nominations and passed a 45-day FISA extension by voice vote. House: The House passed the Farm, Food, and National Security Act (Farm Bill) (H.R.7567), the FY26 Budget Resolution (S.Con.Res.33), and the 45-day FISA extension following passage of a 3-year reauthorization. They passed funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), excluding ICE and Customs and Border Patrol (CBP), sending the bill to

This week in Washington Senate: Following a vote-a-rama, the Senate passed S.Con.Res.33, the FY26 Budget Resolution, kicking off reconciliation to fund ICE and Customs and Border Patrol. They continued processing nominations and failed to pass a War Powers Resolution on the war in Iran. House: The House passed the Reliable Federal Infrastructure Act (H.R.4690), the Harnessing Energy at Thermal Sources Act (H.R.5587), and a Resolution expressing support for rural communities

This week in Washington Senate: The Senate continued processing nominations and passed Congressional Review Act H.J.Res.140 , rescinding a Bureau of Land Management rule withdrawing acres of National Forest System lands in Cook, Lake, and Saint Louis Counties, Minnesota, from mineral and geothermal leasing for 20 years. By unanimous consent, they passed a 10-day FISA extension. They failed to pass a War Powers Resolution on the war in Iran and joint resolutions on foreign mil