Personnel Movements
Finance Committee Will Weigh HHS, IRS Nominees
The Senate Finance Committee held a hearing titled "Hearings To Examine Certain Pending Nominations" on Sept. 15 to consider four nominees for positions at...
House Committee to Discuss Preventive Health and Budget Baselines
The House Budget Committee will mark up two bills focused on preventive health spending and federal budget baselines on Sept. 16, as health care groups and...
House Looks At Need for Fiscal Commission On $1.97T Deficit
The federal government's deficit reached $1.97 trillion through August 2026, leaving it just short of the $2 trillion mark with one month remaining in...
Golden Dome’s Progress And Direction Under Scrutiny in Senate
A Senate Armed Services Committee subcommittee is set to examine Golden Dome, a defense initiative that has drawn sustained corporate interest and lobbying...
House Markup Weighs Crypto Tax Issues and Alzheimer’s Measures
The House Ways and Means Committee scheduled a markup hearing for September 16, with an agenda that includes H.R. 10357, the Digital Asset Tax Certainty...
Panel Will Weigh Expanded Farm Disaster Coverage
The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee will consider the Agricultural Act of 2026 on Wednesday, September 16. The Senate bill would...
Hearing Will Weigh Puyallup Trust, Denali Land
A House legislative hearing is scheduled for September 17, and the hearing is assigned to the House Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs of the...
Committee Will Test EPA Disapproval Authority
The House Rules Committee scheduled an oversight hearing for September 14 that lists Two of the bills, H.J. Res. 213 and H.J. Res. 210, would allow Congress...
House Panel Weighs Wildlife Management, Endangered Species Bills
The House Committee on Natural Resources will meet September 15 to mark up 17 bills covering wildlife management, endangered species, public lands, tribal...
Senate Committee Will Examine Nominees’ AI Diplomacy Plans
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will hold a hearing on September 16 to examine pending nominations. The hearing comes as artificial intelligence...
House Panel Weighs State-Led Solutions to Child Care Shortage
Child care affordability and access are policy topics for the hearing.
Welfare Reform Hearing Reveals Divide Over Work Mandates
The House Subcommittee on Work and Welfare held a hearing September 1 examining the legacy of the 1996 welfare law and whether additional changes are needed...
Senate Panel Will Weigh Menopause Care Access
Approximately eighty percent of women experience menopause symptoms, yet only four to six percent of American women currently receive hormone replacement...
Houthi Supply Networks Still Threaten Red Sea Shipping
The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa held a hearing September 1 on countering Houthi terrorism and protecting U.S....
Senate Judiciary Panel Weighs Trump Nominees in Confirmation Push
The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a nomination hearing on September 16 as the panel continues considering President Donald Trump's nominees for...
House Panel Moves Toward Contempt Vote on Leon Black Over Epstein Ties
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee scheduled a full-committee markup to consider a resolution recommending that the House find Leon David...
Commerce Panel Will Weigh Fisheries Management and Speech Rights
The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee will consider a slate of bills on September 16 that touch on fisheries management, aquaculture...
Senate Panel Considers Wildfire, Water, and Energy Bills
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will examine a slate of bills addressing wildfire resilience, water management, and energy development on...