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This week in Washington Senate: The Senate continued processing nominations including confirmation of an en bloc package of 74 sub-cabinet level Administration nominees, and passed a bill to impose additional Russian sanctions, a bill originally introduced by (deceased) Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC). They are on track to pass a Continuing Resolution to fund the government through December 11 as the motion to invoke cloture on the bill passed 91-6. The Senate also appears on trac

This week in Washington Senate: The Senate continued processing nominations, including confirmation of Jay Clayton to be Director of National Intelligence, and began consideration of the next en bloc package of nominees. They began consideration of a bill to impose additional Russian sanctions, a bill originally introduced by (deceased) Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC). House: The House was in recess. Trump Administration: On July 31, President Trump signed a Presidential Memoranda

This week in Washington Senate: The Senate continued processing nominations. House: The House passed the Stop Insider Trading Act (H.R.7008), the Main Street Capital Access Act (H.R.6955), the FY27 NDAA (H.R.8800), the Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act (H.R.8884), and a Continuing Resolution to fund the government through December 4. They also passed the FY27 Budget Resolution and a War Powers Resolution on the War in Iran. Trump Administration: On July 23,

This week in Washington Senate: The Senate continued processing nominations. They failed to reach the 60-vote threshold to proceed to the FY27 National Defense Authorization Act as Democrats blocked the bill over the war in Iran. House: The House passed the FY27 Nation Security, Department of State, and Related Programs government funding bill (H.R.8595), the Sunshine Protection Act (H.R.139), and the Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act (H.R.1181). Trump Administratio

This week in Washington Senate: The Senate continued processing nominations and passed the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act (H.R.6644). House: The House passed the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act. They failed to consider bills pursuant to a rule after Representative Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) said she, and what she suggested were many more Republican colleagues, would not vote for any rule (allowing House bills to move to the floor) unless the Save America Act (H.R.7296)