With the House out this week on recess, the Senate will continue confirming President Trump’s nominees and will likely advance its FY2025 budget resolution after enduring dozens of amendment votes on the floor in “vote-a-rama.” Meanwhile, President Trump will sign additional Executive Orders today at 1:00 PM EST from Mar-a-Lago. This memo provides an update […]

During a meeting of the House GOP Conference this past weekend, senior representatives speaking for President-elect Trump and the House GOP Leadership jointly declared their intention to pass one single reconciliation bill to encompass border security, expiring tax cuts, energy production, and possibly an increase in the debt limit and defense spending, paired with mandatory […]

The House and Senate return this week for a three-week sprint before breaking in advance of the November elections. The major business of September will be passing a continuing resolution (CR) to extend government funding-the final form of which remains in flux-as well as ticking through a range of nominations in the Senate and messaging […]