Labor and Employment

Congress Honors Journeyman Lineworkers with Bipartisan Support

H.Res. 1427 bill, introduced just days ago, has drawn 146 cosponsors, with Democrats and Republicans setting aside their differences to recognize those who...

Politics

Senate Unanimously Passes Resolution Honoring Lindsey Graham

The Senate moved with unusual speed and unity this week, passing a resolution honoring the life and legacy of Senator Lindsey Graham just one day after his...

Government Operations

House Advances Daylight Saving and Veterans Bills to Floor

The House passed H.Res. 1423 scheduled votes on four separate pieces of legislation in a tightly contested 215–211 vote Tuesday, setting the stage for floor...

Congress

House Committee to Review Federal Home Loan Bank System

The Federal Home Loan Bank System faces its first major congressional oversight hearing in years just as regulators move to reshape how these institutions...

Defense

Senate Panel to Review Trump's $87.6 Billion Iran War Funding Request

The Senate Appropriations Committee is holding a hearing this week on President Trump's supplemental funding request amid mounting concerns about Iranian...

Health

Physical Therapy Association Reports $313K In Lobby Spending

The American Physical Therapy Association filed its second-quarter lobbying disclosure filings on July 13, 2026, reporting $312,662 in expenditures as the...

Commerce

Committee Examines Tools to End Supply Chain Dependency

A House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing next week will examine how the federal government can use its financing tools, private capital, and international...

Law and Order

House Judiciary Committee Advances Bills On Courts, Child Safety

The House Judiciary Committee is preparing to advance a sprawling legislative agenda that touches everything from child protection to congressional security...

Legislation

Committee Advances Sweeping Education Deregulation Bills

The House Education and Workforce Committee is advancing legislation that would substantially reshape federal education policy, shifting power away from...

Health

Senate Hearing Probes Foreign Control Of Drug Supply

A Senate hearing on pharmaceutical supply chain control is arriving amid unprecedented tariff pressure and bipartisan anxiety about foreign ownership of...

Congress

House Panel Weighs Election Observation Rules for 2026

The House Administration Elections Subcommittee is convening an election observation hearing against a backdrop of escalating partisan conflict over voting...

Energy

Industrial Energy Consumers Escalates Lobbying on Natural Gas

Industrial Energy Consumers of America filed its second-quarter lobbying disclosure on July 11, 2026, reporting spending of $584,039 as the organization...

Congress

Senate Tests Labor Secretary Nominee on Worker Protections

Keith Sonderling's confirmation hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on July 16 represents a critical moment for labor...

Commerce

Senate Finance Committee Considers Trade Commission Nominee Shift

The Senate Finance Committee is moving toward confirming a slate of International Trade Commission nominees that could shift the agency's political balance....

Government Operations

GAO Finds Coast Guard Modernization Lacks Oversight Plans

The Coast Guard is sitting on the largest single commitment of funding in its history. Congress allocated nearly $25 billion for the service in 2025, with...

Government Operations

Education Department Faces 10 Open GAO Recommendations

The Government Accountability Office has identified a series of unimplemented recommendations at the Department of Education that remain unresolved,...

Labor and Employment

Committee Examines AI's Workforce Opportunities

Congress is convening an AI-Ready America hearing just as the legislative momentum around artificial intelligence workforce policy has accelerated...