Senate Republicans this week will be focused on the Republican crafted bill to rescind $9.4 billion in federal funding, which has emerged as a central priority for President Donald J. Trump. Consideration of the legislation comes as GOP lawmakers are staring down a Friday deadline to get the measure, known as a rescissions package, to President Trump’s desk. The House approved the bill in a 214-212 vote in June. The legislation seeks to claw back dollars for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funds NPR and PBS — two outlets Republicans have panned as biased, and cut funding for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), which the Department of Government Efficiency targeted months ago. Republicans in both chambers have until Friday to send the legislation to President Trump’s desk for his signature, a deadline that could be difficult for the party to meet, in part because the Senate is planning to hold a vote-a-rama this week. Republicans can only afford to lose three votes and still muscle the measure through the chamber, assuming full attendance and united Democratic opposition. Democrats have been up in arms over the legislation, warning that any rescissions would hurt future bipartisan government funding talks.
The House, as part of its “Crypto Week” is slated to consider the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act — which lays out a regulatory framework for payment stablecoins — after the Senate approved the landmark legislation last month. The bill, which has bipartisan support, would create rules for dollar-backed cryptocurrencies, and its enactment would mark a significant moment for the cryptocurrency field.
The House is also scheduled to vote on a bill to fund the Pentagon for fiscal year 2026, as Republicans look to pass more of their full-year spending bills ahead of the September 30th government funding deadline. The legislation includes a discretionary allocation of $831.5 billion which, according to Republicans on the House Appropriations Committee, is the same amount the department received for fiscal year 2025. Additionally, the bill boosts basic pay for all military personnel by 3.8 percent, though it also cuts 45,000 full-time civilian employees. The House Appropriations Subcommittee advanced the bill in a party-line 36-27 vote last month, sending it to the full floor for consideration.
For today, the Senate will reconvene at 2:00 P.M. and will take up Confirmation of Executive Calendar #261, Whitney D. Hermandorfer, of Tennessee, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit and a Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #65, Luke Pettit, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
The House will meet at 2:00 P.M. for legislative business and is expected to consider eighteen bills under suspension of the Rules from the Energy and Commerce and Natural Resources Committees.
