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119th Congress · session 2
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The built-in recap of what happened and what comes next.
Official title: Daily Digest/Senate
This is part of the official Daily Digest, which explains the day in plain language.
Official title: Daily Digest/House of Representatives
This is part of the official Daily Digest, which explains the day in plain language. It mentions legislation such as LACA of 2026.
Official title: Daily Digest/Next Meeting of the SENATE + Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES + Other End Matter
This is part of the official Daily Digest, which explains the day in plain language. It mentions committees such as Joint Committee on Printing.
36 sections
Bills, resolutions, and floor statements about legislation.
Official title: PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as Providing for the condemnation and denouncement of socialism in all its forms, and for other purposes., committees such as Committee on Energy and Commerce.
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress.
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as Advancing Botanical Drug Development Act of 2026.
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as Water Authority Cybersecurity Protection Act.
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as Open-Source AI Leadership Act.
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as American Mariner Tax Fairness Act.
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as Protect America from CARB Act of 2026.
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as To amend title 10, United States Code, to include certain prior active duty as a regular member of an Armed Force for reduced eligibility age for retirement as a member of the reserve components..
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as Better Jobs through Evidence and Innovation Act.
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as Freedom to Home Distill Act.
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as Automotive National and Economic Security Act of 2026.
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as To authorize the Secretary of the Army to convey to the State of North Carolina a certain parcel of real property located at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, on which the State shall construct a veterans' State home, and for other purposes..
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as Vet CENTERS for Mental Health Act of 2026.
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as MANNARINO Act.
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as STORMWATER Act.
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as American Quantum Competitiveness Act.
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as BEDROCK Act.
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as EXIM Bank Continuity in Competitiveness Act.
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as Foreign Propaganda Disclosure Act.
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as Common Cents Act.
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as Veterans Housing Opportunity Act.
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as To prohibit the provision of Federal financial benefit for the construction, expansion, or substantial rehabilitation of data centers on prime farmland and other certain farmland..
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as Memory Chip Competitiveness Assessment Act of 2026.
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as Improving Health Through Integrated Food and Nutrition Services at Federally Qualified Health Centers Act.
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend eligibility for survivors' and dependents' educational assistance to the dependent parent of a person who dies of a service-connected disability or has a total and permanent service-connected disability, and for other purposes..
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as To amend the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 to reauthorize the research experiences for undergraduates program at the National Science Foundation, and for other purposes..
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as GRANITE Act.
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as Banning Antiquated Duties and Delivering Equitable American Levies (BAD DEAL) Act of 2026.
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as No PRC Seafood in Congress Act.
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as Competition in State Healthcare Markets Act.
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as SHIELD Act.
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as To amend the charter of the Reserve Organization of the United States, and for other purposes..
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as Self-Improving AI Monitoring Act.
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as Stop Predator Dumping Act.
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as CEDS Act.
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as SRBIJA Act.
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Lawmakers joining or leaving support for legislation.
This section records lawmakers joining or leaving support for a bill. It mentions legislation such as Recognizing a health and safety emergency disproportionately affecting the fundamental rights of children due to the Trump administration's directives that unleash fossil fuels and greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change, while suppressing climate change science..
4 sections
Meetings, reports, and work happening in committees.
This section tracks committee work such as meetings, reports, or referrals. It mentions legislation such as LACA of 2026, committees such as Committee on Ways and Means.
Official title: Daily Digest/Senate Committee Meetings
This section tracks committee work such as meetings, reports, or referrals.
Official title: Daily Digest/House Committee Meetings
This section tracks committee work such as meetings, reports, or referrals.
Official title: Daily Digest/COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR 2026-08-31
This section tracks committee work such as meetings, reports, or referrals.
1 sections
Nominations, confirmations, and executive communications.
Official title: EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC.
This section covers nominations, confirmations, or other executive branch business. It mentions committees such as Committee on Foreign Affairs.
18 sections
Tributes, commemorations, and district-facing statements.
This section is a tribute, commemoration, or district-facing statement. It mentions members such as Bill Foster. Extensions of Remarks are statements submitted for the official record, even if they were not spoken live on the floor.
This section is a tribute, commemoration, or district-facing statement. It mentions members such as Jimmy Patronis. Extensions of Remarks are statements submitted for the official record, even if they were not spoken live on the floor.
This section is a tribute, commemoration, or district-facing statement. It mentions members such as Brad Finstad. Extensions of Remarks are statements submitted for the official record, even if they were not spoken live on the floor.
This section is a tribute, commemoration, or district-facing statement. It mentions members such as Marcia Carolyn Kaptur. Extensions of Remarks are statements submitted for the official record, even if they were not spoken live on the floor.
This section is a tribute, commemoration, or district-facing statement. It mentions members such as Brian K. Fitzpatrick. Extensions of Remarks are statements submitted for the official record, even if they were not spoken live on the floor.
This section is a tribute, commemoration, or district-facing statement. It mentions members such as Debbie Wasserman Schultz. Extensions of Remarks are statements submitted for the official record, even if they were not spoken live on the floor.
This section is a tribute, commemoration, or district-facing statement. It mentions members such as Doris Matsui. Extensions of Remarks are statements submitted for the official record, even if they were not spoken live on the floor.
This section is a tribute, commemoration, or district-facing statement. It mentions members such as Vince Fong. Extensions of Remarks are statements submitted for the official record, even if they were not spoken live on the floor.
This section is a tribute, commemoration, or district-facing statement. It mentions members such as Brian K. Fitzpatrick. Extensions of Remarks are statements submitted for the official record, even if they were not spoken live on the floor.
This section is a tribute, commemoration, or district-facing statement. It mentions members such as Bennie Thompson. Extensions of Remarks are statements submitted for the official record, even if they were not spoken live on the floor.
This section is a tribute, commemoration, or district-facing statement. It mentions members such as Beth Van Duyne. Extensions of Remarks are statements submitted for the official record, even if they were not spoken live on the floor.
This section is a tribute, commemoration, or district-facing statement. It mentions members such as Jose Luis Correa. Extensions of Remarks are statements submitted for the official record, even if they were not spoken live on the floor.
This section is a tribute, commemoration, or district-facing statement. It mentions members such as Brian K. Fitzpatrick. Extensions of Remarks are statements submitted for the official record, even if they were not spoken live on the floor.
This section is a tribute, commemoration, or district-facing statement. It mentions members such as Joaquin Castro. Extensions of Remarks are statements submitted for the official record, even if they were not spoken live on the floor.
This section is a tribute, commemoration, or district-facing statement. It mentions legislation such as Expressing support for the recognition of March 10, 2026, as "Abortion Provider Appreciation Day"., members such as Bennie Thompson. Extensions of Remarks are statements submitted for the official record, even if they were not spoken live on the floor.
This section is a tribute, commemoration, or district-facing statement. It mentions members such as Jose Luis Correa. Extensions of Remarks are statements submitted for the official record, even if they were not spoken live on the floor.
This section is a tribute, commemoration, or district-facing statement. It mentions members such as Lois Frankel. Extensions of Remarks are statements submitted for the official record, even if they were not spoken live on the floor.
This section is a tribute, commemoration, or district-facing statement. It mentions members such as Jim Jordan. Extensions of Remarks are statements submitted for the official record, even if they were not spoken live on the floor.
6 sections
Member statements and debate on the floor.
This section captures a floor statement or debate entry. It mentions legislation such as Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Act, committees such as Committee on Natural Resources.
This section captures a floor statement or debate entry.
This section captures a floor statement or debate entry. It mentions members such as Don Davis. Extensions of Remarks are statements submitted for the official record, even if they were not spoken live on the floor.
This section captures a floor statement or debate entry. It mentions members such as Eleanor Holmes Norton. Extensions of Remarks are statements submitted for the official record, even if they were not spoken live on the floor.
This section captures a floor statement or debate entry. It mentions members such as Ritchie Torres. Extensions of Remarks are statements submitted for the official record, even if they were not spoken live on the floor.
This section captures a floor statement or debate entry. It mentions members such as Ed Case. Extensions of Remarks are statements submitted for the official record, even if they were not spoken live on the floor.
10 sections
Formal floor steps such as opening, scheduling, and adjournment.
Official title: House of Representatives
This section captures a formal floor step rather than a policy debate.
Official title: House of Representatives
This section captures a formal floor step rather than a policy debate.
Official title: DESIGNATION OF THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE
This section captures a formal floor step rather than a policy debate.
Official title: PRAYER
This section captures a formal floor step rather than a policy debate.
Official title: THE JOURNAL
This section captures a formal floor step rather than a policy debate.
Official title: PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
This section captures a formal floor step rather than a policy debate.
Official title: ADJOURNMENT
This section captures a formal floor step rather than a policy debate.
Official title: Senate
This section captures a formal floor step rather than a policy debate.
Official title: Senate
This section captures a formal floor step rather than a policy debate.
Official title: ADJOURNMENT UNTIL MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 2026, AT 11:30 A.M.
This section captures a formal floor step rather than a policy debate.