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President Donald J. Trump on Wednesday canceled via Truth Social a scheduled Capitol Hill signing of a landmark bipartisan housing bill that leaders in both parties had heralded as a win.  “Today’s Housing News Conference and Signing is hereby cancelled until such time as we pass the desperately needed SAVE AMERICA ACT, which I consider…

The Senate passed a bill aimed at lowering housing costs on Monday after a major breakthrough and rare bipartisan consensus that comes as affordability remains top of mind for voters heading into the midterm elections.  In an 85-5 vote, the Senate approved the legislation along wide bipartisan margins. It now heads to the House for…

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-South Dakota)  said Tuesday the chamber will move forward with its first procedural vote on updated bipartisan housing affordability legislation. The movement comes after the leaders of the Senate Banking and House Financial Services Committees announced bicameral agreement on the long-awaited bill.  The text of the revised 21st Century ROAD…

With the House in recess until June 23rd, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-South Dakota) is planning to put an updated version of a bipartisan housing affordability bill on the Senate floor for a vote this week.  The version of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act that the Senate will vote on will include…

he House failed to approve a short-term extension of FISA Section 702 to July 2nd before leaving town until June 23rd.  The vote was 198-218, which is not even a simple majority. The bill needed the support of two thirds of the chamber to pass because it was brought up under a fast-track process known…

House Republicans on Tuesday passed a package to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol (CBP) through 2029, marking a victory for President Donald J. Trump and GOP leaders.  The nearly $70 billion budget reconciliation package that had stalled in the Senate for weeks passed the lower chamber by a vote of 214-212. …

The Senate voted early Friday morning to pass a $69.5 billion budget reconciliation package to fund immigration enforcement operations through 2029, overcoming the concerns of several Republicans who were upset the bill did not include language barring the Trump administration from creating a $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund to pay MAGA allies.  A number of other…

The Senate is expected to launch into a voting blitz on Thursday morning as it moves toward passing a budget reconciliation package that would fund immigration enforcement agencies.  A 53-46 party-line vote kicked off hours of debate, followed by a series of unlimited back-to-back amendment votes before final passage is expected later this week.   An…

With the House and Senate both finally back in session today for the sprint to July, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-South Dakota) says he’s “hopeful” that there may be enough Republican votes to advance a $72 billion budget reconciliation bill on the Senate floor later Wednesday, which would set up a marathon series of…

The Senate on Thursday unanimously approved a resolution sponsored by Senator John Kennedy (R-Louisiana) to suspend senators’ pay during future government shutdowns, a new rule that could give lawmakers in the upper chamber a powerful incentive not to block funding bills ahead of key deadlines.  The Senate adopted the resolution by voice vote. It will…