Today, House Republicans released the text of a continuing resolution (CR) to fund the government through the end of the fiscal year (September 30, 2025). While the CR is mostly “clean” (i.e., largely funds current programs at existing FY24 levels), it does contain a number of anomalies (outlined below), some of which fund Democratic priorities. […]

After some high drama, House Republicans managed to pass their version of the FY25 budget resolution tonight by a vote of 217-215. Only Representative Thomas Massie voted no, while all House Democrats opposed the measure. The vote was a victory for House Leadership, including Speaker Mike Johnson, Ways and Means Chair Jason Smith, and Budget Chair Jodey […]

This week marked yet another busy trade week for the Administration, with the successful confirmation and swearing-in of Howard Lutnick as Secretary of Commerce (Jamieson Greer will be confirmed as USTR this coming week), the President moving to defend U.S. companies and innovators from overseas policies it deems discriminatory and exploitive (e.g., DSTs, fines, practices, […]

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 […]

Tomorrow at 10:00 AM, the House Budget Committee is scheduled to markup Speaker Mike Johnson and Chairman Jodey Arrington’s proposed budget resolution. The relevant portion begins with Title II on page 34, whereby the resolution provides reconciliation instructions to eleven different House committees. Taken together, these instructions set the parameters for the “one, big beautiful […]

While House Republicans continue their internal discussions in an effort to unify on a one-bill reconciliation strategy, Senate Republicans are in parallel working on the first of what would be a two-budget reconciliation approach. Senator Graham just released a draft skinny budget resolution to be marked up Wednesday of next week.  In contrast to the House GOP, […]

While the flurry of activity in Washington has been primarily confined to the Executive Branch and the President’s executive orders, cabinet nominees, and the DOGE, Congress continues to spin its wheels on a path forward with reconciliation, with both House and Senate Republicans making their respective cases to the President directly today and over the […]

Good evening, After hearing from President Trump last evening, House Republicans huddled today in a series of conference-wide discussions and breakout sessions to attempt to coalesce around a reconciliation timeline and strategy. Leadership Reports Speaker Mike Johnson kicked off the leadership panel by continuing to exhort his colleagues to rally around the one-bill strategy, reiterating his belief […]

Now back at the White House, President Trump has signed over 20 executive actions from the Oval Office tonight. Among them are: A full pardon for approximately 1,500 January 6 defendants Various executive powers with respect to the southern border A realignment of the United States’ refugee program Protecting the United States from certain foreign terrorist […]

Earlier today, the Trump Administration released a “Day 1 Fact Sheet” outlining President Trump’s early executive actions upon taking office. A copy of the Fact Sheet has been posted on the White House’s website here. The President also appointed several dozen political officials to temporarily run federal agencies, boards, and commissions. Following his swearing-in and Capitol-related events, President Trump held […]