This Week in Washington 06.06.25

Senate: The Senate continued processing nominations including Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs, Assistant Secretary of Defense, Vice Chairman for Supervision of the Board of Governors, Ambassador to Ireland, Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services, and Assistant Attorney General.

House: The House passed the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025 (H.R.2483).

Trump Administration: On June 4, President Trump signed an Executive Order entitled “Restricting the Entry of Foreign Nationals to Protect the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats.” The order restores the travel ban from the first Trump Administration including full travel suspensions for Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen.

Next Week In Washington

Senate:  The Senate will reconvene on Monday, June 9 and is expected to continue processing nominations including Assistant Attorney General, Deputy Secretary of the Environmental Protection Agency, and Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. They could consider the GENIUS Act (S.1582).

House: The House will reconvene on Monday, June 9 and is expected to consider a bill to prohibit noncitizens from voting in Washington D.C. (H.R.884), the District of Columbia Federal Immigration Compliance Act (H.R.2056), the Protecting Our Nation's Capital Emergency Act (H.R.2096), and the Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act (S.331). They could also consider the recession package. 

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