🏛️ Legislative Branch |
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On March 26, 2025, Congress took several important actions. In the Senate, they passed a bill (H.J. Res. 25) that disapproves a rule from the IRS about reporting digital asset sales, with a vote of 70 to 28. They also agreed to a resolution (S. Res. 140) to recognize the first week of April as National Asbestos Awareness Week. The Senate started discussing another bill (S.J. Res. 18) about overdraft lending, which will be voted on soon. In the House, they introduced a resolution (H.J. Res. 75) to disapprove a rule about energy standards for commercial refrigerators, which they will continue discussing the next day. These actions are significant because they show Congress’s efforts to change rules that affect financial reporting and energy standards, impacting businesses and consumers. Read full document →
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Random excerpts from the Senate
Mr. President, the more we learn about the unsecured text exchange of sensitive military operations, the more questions we have about how such an egregious breach of military intelligence occurred in the first place. What the Atlantic released today is confounding and extremely disturbing to any American who worries about our national security and our safety. It is appalling. Worst of all, it confirms our darkest assumptions about mishandling of sensitive military operations. The release of this letter was extremely important, but many outstanding questions are not answered by this letter’s release, so we need the full text exchange released by the administration.
— Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-NY)
Mr. President, yesterday Donald Trump escalated his attacks on the bedrock of American democracy. Without a shred of authority, Donald Trump issued an Executive order that will, effectively, coerce States to institute policies that will prevent millions of American citizens from voting. Let us be very clear: This is an assault on democracy. Donald Trump’s order has nothing—nothing—to do with election security. It is an illegal power grab. We all support safe and transparent and secure elections, but what Donald Trump is doing is making it harder for citizens to vote. He is fanning the flames of election denialism—nothing new to him—claiming without any evidence—without any evidence—that elections are rigged and the system is broken. Every single election authority says this is false.
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Random excerpts from the House
Mr. SELF. Mr. Speaker, America and our European Union allies find ourselves at an inflection point. We have an amazing opportunity, and the actions we take today will shape the outcome for generations to come. The world is significantly more dangerous because of the Biden administration projecting American weakness to the world. Under the previous administration, America turned away from policies that had our adversaries quaking in their boots and instead bent a knee to the axis of evil. Make no mistake, China, Russia, and Iran are exerting influence across the globe that is causing harm and posing major threats to both the United States and our allies.
— Rep. Michael Self (R-TX-1)
Mr. COURTNEY. Mr. Speaker, last year, candidate Trump, President-elect Trump, and now-President Trump repeatedly told the American people that he won’t touch Social Security. We are now 2 months into his administration, and we are finding that the opposite is true. A headline yesterday in The Washington Post read: “Long waits, waves of calls, website crashes: Social Security is breaking down.” Next to me is a poster board from The Wall Street Journal. Some people may say that The Washington Post is always critical of President Trump, but this is The Wall Street Journal, an impeccable, center-right newspaper whose headline states: “Dealing With Social Security Is Heading From Bad to Worse.” The agency that administers benefits is cutting staff and restricting benefits as part of the Department of Government Efficiency review, or DOGE, the Trump initiative.
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