Committee Will Hear Nominations Amid Water Lobbying
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will hold a hearing on pending nominations on September 24, 2026, as water agencies and advocacy groups intensify...
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The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will hold a hearing on pending nominations on September 24, 2026, as water agencies and advocacy groups intensify...
1. Association of American Railroads filed a second quarter 2026 LDA quarterly report on September 14, 2026, disclosing $1,413,000 in lobbying expenditures...
The United States Hispanic Business Council spent $100,000 on lobbying over the past four quarters, a modest portion of Venture Government Strategies' $4.71...
The House Agriculture Committee examined tools for increasing demand for domestic agricultural products in the United States and abroad in the hearing...
Congressional appropriations for fiscal year 2027 are operating under a temporary legal framework, as detailed in a new Congressional Research Service (CRS)...
Recent tariffs have placed the U.S.-South Korea trading relationship in a relatively unstable position, as a new Congressional Research Service report...
The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee held a business meeting on September 16, 2026, to consider 10 pieces of legislation. The meeting...
The House Budget Committee held a markup on Sept. 16, 2026, considering the Increasing Baseline Updates Act and the Preventive Health Savings Act. The...
The Trump administration’s fiscal year 2027 proposal pairs $277.5 million for the Export-Import Bank and Development Finance Corporation with a proposed 76...
The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee held a nominations hearing on Sept. 16 amid warnings about measles, mental illness and...
The Congressional Research Service report R45997 maps the structure, activities, legislative history, and funding history of 11 federal regional commissions...
The Senate Judiciary Committee examined six district-court nominations on Sept. 16, while a broader dispute over the Justice Department surfaced in opening...
The Treasury Department’s suspension of the IRS Direct File program puts a taxpayer-facing filing option at the center of a policy choice examined in the...
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs held a hearing Sept. 16 on Native housing needs and reauthorization of the Native American Housing Assistance and...
Why it matters: A House Natural Resources Committee subcommittee held a legislative hearing Sept. 16 on eight water, wildlife and public-access bills,...
The House Subcommittee on Federal Lands held a congressional hearing Sept. 16 to consider nine bills covering public-land management and historically...
The GENIUS Act, formally the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act, creates a regulatory structure for payment stablecoins...
The Farm Credit Administration's leadership structure has a governance problem, according to a report from the Congressional Research Service updated...
The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee reconvened Sept. 16 to consider the Agricultural Act of 2026, after an August vote failed to...
Why it matters: The Senate Special Committee on Aging held its first congressional hearing focused on menopause on Sept. 16.
Why it matters: A House hearing on Sept. 16 examined whether international athletes are taking scholarship and roster opportunities from Americans.
Federal courts are divided over whether being denied legally required information is enough to sue in federal court or whether plaintiffs must show that the...
Military families with special-needs dependents may face challenges accessing services through the TRICARE Extended Care Health Option (ECHO) program,...
The Congressional Research Service report “Cryptocurrency: Regulatory and Legislative Policy Issues,” dated May 29, finds that cryptocurrency regulation...