Defense
Senate Probes Pentagon Cyber Strategy Amid Overhaul
The Senate's Cybersecurity Subcommittee is convening a DoD cybersecurity hearing on March 24 at a moment when nearly every major thread of Pentagon IT...
Congress Tackles Tokenization as Regulators Race Ahead
The House Financial Services Committee is convening a full-committee securities tokenization hearing on March 25 at a moment when regulators are already...
Europe's Speech Rules Threaten US Tech Freedom
Witnesses from international free speech organizations argued that emerging European regulations could create extraterritorial constraints on digital...
FirstNet Reauthorization: Urgent Gaps in Emergency Communications
Why it matters: The House Energy and Commerce Committee's Communications and Technology Subcommittee held a pivotal hearing on February 4, 2026, examining...
# House Markup Advances Auto Safety Bills; AV Law Splits Panel
The House Energy and Commerce Committee's Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade Subcommittee held a legislative markup session on February 10, 2026, advancing...
House Panel Backs Employer-Led AI Workforce Training
The House Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee held its fifth hearing in the "Building an AI-Ready America" series on March 4, 2026,...
House Panel Tackles Critical Security and Tech Bills
The House Rules Committee convened a pivotal hearing on February 9, 2026, examining three consequential pieces of legislation that could reshape national...
House Votes 362-1 to Force First Overhaul of Federal Data Quality Standards in Over Two Decades
The House delivered one of its most lopsided votes of the 119th Congress, passing H.R. 6329, the Information Quality Assurance Act of 2025, with 362 members...
# Library of Congress Hearing: Cyber Gaps, AI Plans, No Leader
The House Appropriations Committee's Legislative Branch Subcommittee held a budget hearing on March 6, 2026, to review fiscal year 2027 funding requests for...
Senate Crypto Bill Advances: Partisan Battle Lines Drawn in Digital Asset Regulation Showdown
In a pivotal moment for financial technology regulation, the Senate Agriculture Committee pushed forward the Digital Commodity Intermediaries Act on January...
Senate Panel Advances Nine High-Stakes Bills
The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee is set to mark up nine bills on March 25 that touch some of the most politically charged policy...
Senate Panel Frames AI as Safety Tool, Not Threat
The Senate Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Science, Manufacturing, and Competitiveness held an AI safety hearing on March 3, 2026, that deliberately...
Undersea Cable Protection Act Passes House: Bill Strips NOAA Permit Authority Over Fiber Optic Cables in Marine Sanctuaries
The House squeezed H.R. 261 — the Undersea Cable Protection Act of 2025 through on a 218–212 vote, sending a bill to the Senate that would strip NOAA of its...
VA's Digital G.I. Bill Fails: Billions Wasted, Vets Hurt
The House Veterans' Affairs Committee delivered a scathing assessment of the Digital G.I. Bill's implementation, exposing a $2.3 billion technology...
Senate Examines Grid Reliability Amid Surging Demand
The nation's bulk power system — the backbone of electricity delivery to hundreds of millions of Americans — is under strain from multiple directions at...
Senate Panel to Grill DOE on Trump's Nuclear Energy Executive Orders
Four executive orders signed on May 23, 2025, collectively aim to fast-track advanced reactor deployment, overhaul nuclear testing at DOE facilities, shore...
AI Regulation Lobby: Americans for Responsible Innovation Expands
AI regulation lobbying intensifies as Americans for Responsible Innovation hires Neil Hill Global Strategies, adding $2.81M in spending to shape congressional AI policy.
Vertiv Returns to D.C. Lobbying on AI Infrastructure
AI infrastructure lobbying intensifies as Vertiv returns to D.C. after a decade, establishing an in-house team to influence data center policy and compete with Siemens.