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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. It mentions legislation such as Western Wildfire Support Act of 2026, committees such as Committee on Finance.
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 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the third Friday of September should be recognized as "National POW/MIA Recognition Day"..
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.
39 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 consideration of the bill (H.R. 4393) to secure the border and reform the immigration laws., committees such as Committee on Financial Services.
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress.
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as Small Business Audit Correction Act of 2026.
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as Aid and Attendance Assistance for Veterans Act.
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as Quantum Benchmark Act.
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as Medal of Honor Access and Liaison Act.
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as National Guard Heritage Welfare Society Act.
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as Dashboard for MILCON Projects Act.
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as Bone Marrow Radiation Shielding Act.
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as Covered AI Prohibition Act.
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as Minuteman III Health and Safety Act.
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as Relief Without Delay Act.
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as Recovery First Housing Act.
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as Environmental Health Restoration Act of 2026.
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as American Renewable Energy Act of 2026.
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as Born to Invest Act of 2026.
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as CHARGE Act.
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as To authorize the Federal Wildland Firefighter Health and Wellbeing Program, a comprehensive initiative to improve the health of Federal wildland firefighters, and for other purposes..
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as Reclaim Local Control Act.
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as American Tariff Rebate Act.
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as To amend title 18, United States Code, to establish enhanced penalties for certain frauds, and for other purposes..
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as To provide temporary reauthorization of demonstration authority and to direct the Commissioner of Social Security to carry out a demonstration project related to individuals who receive disability insurance benefits under title II of the Social Security Act..
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as To require explicit Congressional approval for troops or armed persons at polling places for the only exception in the United States Code, and for other purposes..
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as To provide payments to United States taxpayers and dependents to compensate for the costs of the Iran war, and for other purposes..
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a credit for prepared meal donations made to certain tax-exempt organizations..
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as To amend the Natural Gas Act with respect to the judicial review of an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity, and for other purposes..
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as To amend the Communist Control Act of 1954 to provide that the Democratic Socialists of America shall be treated like the Communist Party of the United States of America, and for other purposes..
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as To direct the Director of National Intelligence to submit to Congress a report on the use of artificial intelligence systems to acquire, analyze, query, disseminate, or otherwise access information under section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978..
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as To establish a Federal grant program to reimburse certain States for the costs incurred and damage caused by widespread deployment of Federal immigration officials, and for other purposes..
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as To amend the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to limit adverse security clearance and suitability determinations based on past marihuana use, and for other purposes..
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as To reauthorize the Tropical Forest and Coral Reef Conservation Act of 1998..
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as To confer in the Secretary of Agriculture the authority to use civil investigative demands for enforcement of the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, and for other purposes..
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as Justice for Veterans and Victims of Terrorism Act of 2026.
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as To strengthen services provided in rural areas, and for other purposes..
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as BEEF Act.
Official title: INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions committees such as Committee on Finance.
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions committees such as Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions committees such as Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, members such as Alejandro Padilla.
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions committees such as Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, members such as Alejandro Padilla.
2 sections
Lawmakers joining or leaving support for legislation.
This section records lawmakers joining or leaving support for a bill. It mentions legislation such as Expressing the sense of Congress that tax-exempt fraternal benefit societies have historically provided and continue to provide critical benefits to the people and communities of the United States..
This section records lawmakers joining or leaving support for a bill. It mentions legislation such as Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision"..
5 sections
Meetings, reports, and work happening in committees.
This section tracks committee work such as meetings, reports, or referrals. It mentions legislation such as Western Wildfire Support Act of 2026, committees such as Committee on Finance.
This section tracks committee work such as meetings, reports, or referrals. It mentions committees such as Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Official title: Daily Digest/Senate Committee Meetings
This section tracks committee work such as meetings, reports, or referrals. It mentions legislation such as Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2026, committees such as Committee on Armed Services.
Official title: Daily Digest/House Committee Meetings
This section tracks committee work such as meetings, reports, or referrals. It mentions legislation such as Helping Our People Act of 2026, committees such as Committee on Natural Resources.
Official title: Daily Digest/COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR 2026-09-18
This section tracks committee work such as meetings, reports, or referrals.
8 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 Financial Services.
Official title: EXECUTIVE CALENDAR (Executive Session)
This section covers nominations, confirmations, or other executive branch business.
Official title: Constitution Day (Executive Session)
This section covers nominations, confirmations, or other executive branch business. It mentions members such as Ashley Brooke Moody.
Official title: Nomination of Kasdin Miller Mitchell (Executive Session)
This section covers nominations, confirmations, or other executive branch business. It mentions members such as Richard Joseph Durbin.
Official title: Vote on Mitchell Nomination (Executive Session)
This section covers nominations, confirmations, or other executive branch business. It mentions members such as John Peter Ricketts.
Official title: EXECUTIVE CALENDAR (Executive Session)
This section covers nominations, confirmations, or other executive branch business. It mentions members such as John Thune.
Official title: EXECUTIVE AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS
This section covers nominations, confirmations, or other executive branch business. It mentions committees such as Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Official title: CONFIRMATION
This section covers nominations, confirmations, or other executive branch business.
13 sections
Tributes, commemorations, and district-facing statements.
This section is a tribute, commemoration, or district-facing statement. It mentions members such as Cynthia M. Lummis.
This section is a tribute, commemoration, or district-facing statement. It mentions legislation such as Honoring 35 years of independence for the countries of Central Asia and recognizing the importance of the United States growing relationship with Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan., committees such as Committee on Foreign Relations, members such as Cynthia M. Lummis.
This section is a tribute, commemoration, or district-facing statement. It mentions members such as James Lankford.
This section is a tribute, commemoration, or district-facing statement. It mentions members such as Rand Paul.
This section is a tribute, commemoration, or district-facing statement. It mentions members such as James Risch.
This section is a tribute, commemoration, or district-facing statement. It mentions members such as James Risch.
This section is a tribute, commemoration, or district-facing statement. It mentions committees such as Committee on the Judiciary.
This section is a tribute, commemoration, or district-facing statement. It mentions committees such as Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
This section is a tribute, commemoration, or district-facing statement. It mentions committees such as Committee on Armed Services.
This section is a tribute, commemoration, or district-facing statement. It mentions members such as Brett Guthrie. 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 Glenn 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 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 Robert J. Wittman. Extensions of Remarks are statements submitted for the official record, even if they were not spoken live on the floor.
22 sections
Changes proposed to bills or resolutions.
This section is about changes proposed to a bill or resolution. It mentions legislation such as Protect College Sports Act of 2026.
This section is about changes proposed to a bill or resolution. It mentions legislation such as Protect College Sports Act of 2026, committees such as Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
This section is about changes proposed to a bill or resolution. It mentions members such as John Thune.
This section is about changes proposed to a bill or resolution. It mentions members such as John Thune.
This section is about changes proposed to a bill or resolution. It mentions members such as John Thune.
This section is about changes proposed to a bill or resolution. It mentions members such as John Thune.
This section is about changes proposed to a bill or resolution. It mentions members such as John Thune.
This section is about changes proposed to a bill or resolution. It mentions members such as John Thune.
This section is about changes proposed to a bill or resolution. It mentions members such as John Thune.
This section is about changes proposed to a bill or resolution. It mentions members such as John Thune.
This section is about changes proposed to a bill or resolution. It mentions members such as Tammy Baldwin.
This section is about changes proposed to a bill or resolution. It mentions members such as Tammy Baldwin.
This section is about changes proposed to a bill or resolution. It mentions members such as Tammy Baldwin.
This section is about changes proposed to a bill or resolution. It mentions members such as Jeff Merkley.
This section is about changes proposed to a bill or resolution. It mentions members such as Jeff Merkley.
This section is about changes proposed to a bill or resolution. It mentions members such as Jeff Merkley.
This section is about changes proposed to a bill or resolution. It mentions members such as Jeff Merkley.
This section is about changes proposed to a bill or resolution. It mentions committees such as Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, members such as Michael Dean Crapo.
This section is about changes proposed to a bill or resolution. It mentions committees such as Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, members such as Michael Dean Crapo.
This section is about changes proposed to a bill or resolution. It mentions members such as Jeff Merkley.
This section is about changes proposed to a bill or resolution. It mentions members such as Christopher Murphy.
This section is about changes proposed to a bill or resolution. It mentions members such as Christopher Murphy.
18 sections
Member statements and debate on the floor.
This section captures a floor statement or debate entry. It mentions legislation such as Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 999) to protect an individual's ability to access contraceptives and to engage in contraception and to protect a health care providers ability to provide contraceptives, contraception, and information related to contraception..
This section captures a floor statement or debate entry.
This section captures a floor statement or debate entry. It mentions members such as John A. Barrasso.
This section captures a floor statement or debate entry. It mentions members such as John Thune.
This section captures a floor statement or debate entry. It mentions legislation such as National Fraud Enforcement Division Act of 2026, members such as Cynthia M. Lummis.
This section captures a floor statement or debate entry. It mentions legislation such as Improving Social Security’s Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act, committees such as Committee on Finance, members such as Cynthia M. Lummis.
This section captures a floor statement or debate entry. It mentions committees such as Committee on Foreign Affairs, members such as James Risch.
This section captures a floor statement or debate entry. It mentions committees such as Committee on Foreign Affairs, members such as James Risch.
This section captures a floor statement or debate entry. It mentions committees such as Committee on Foreign Affairs, members such as James Risch.
This section captures a floor statement or debate entry. It mentions members such as Margaret Wood Hassan.
This section captures a floor statement or debate entry. It mentions legislation such as Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement of the Department of Homeland Security relating to "Establishing a Fixed Time Period of Admission and an Extension of Stay Procedure for Nonimmigrant Academic Students, Exchange Visitors, and Representatives of Foreign Information Media"., committees such as Committee on the Judiciary.
This section captures a floor statement or debate entry. It mentions legislation such as Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement of the Department of Homeland Security relating to "Establishing a Fixed Time Period of Admission and an Extension of Stay Procedure for Nonimmigrant Academic Students, Exchange Visitors, and Representatives of Foreign Information Media"., committees such as Committee on the Judiciary.
This section captures a floor statement or debate entry.
This section captures a floor statement or debate entry. It mentions committees such as Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
This section captures a floor statement or debate entry. It mentions committees such as Committee on Environment and Public Works.
This section captures a floor statement or debate entry. It mentions committees such as Committee on Foreign Relations.
This section captures a floor statement or debate entry. It mentions committees such as Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
This section captures a floor statement or debate entry. It mentions members such as Stacey E. Plaskett. Extensions of Remarks are statements submitted for the official record, even if they were not spoken live on the floor.
29 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: PRAYER
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: CONCLUSION OF MORNING BUSINESS
This section captures a formal floor step rather than a policy debate.
Official title: LEGISLATIVE SESSION
This section captures a formal floor step rather than a policy debate. It mentions legislation such as Protect College Sports Act of 2026, members such as Charles Ernest Grassley.
Official title: Unanimous Consent Requests (Executive Session)
This section captures a formal floor step rather than a policy debate. It mentions legislation such as GRID Savings Act of 2026, committees such as Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, members such as Jon Husted.
Official title: LEGISLATIVE SESSION
This section captures a formal floor step rather than a policy debate. It mentions legislation such as Protect College Sports Act of 2026, committees such as Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Official title: LEGISLATIVE SESSION
This section captures a formal floor step rather than a policy debate. It mentions legislation such as Protect College Sports Act of 2026, committees such as Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, members such as John Thune.
Official title: UNANIMOUS CONSENT AGREEMENT--S. 4668
This section captures a formal floor step rather than a policy debate. It mentions legislation such as Protect College Sports Act of 2026, members such as Cynthia M. Lummis.
Official title: VOTE EXPLANATION
This section captures a formal floor step rather than a policy debate. It mentions members such as Christopher Van Hollen.
Official title: MESSAGES FROM THE PRESIDENT
This section captures a formal floor step rather than a policy debate.
Official title: EXECUTIVE MESSAGES REFERRED
This section captures a formal floor step rather than a policy debate.
Official title: MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE
This section captures a formal floor step rather than a policy debate. It mentions legislation such as Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision"..
Official title: MEASURES REFERRED
This section captures a formal floor step rather than a policy debate. It mentions legislation such as To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 401 North Elm Street in Tuskegee, Alabama, as the "Tuskegee Airmen Memorial Post Office"., committees such as Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Official title: MEASURES READ THE FIRST TIME
This section captures a formal floor step rather than a policy debate. It mentions legislation such as National Fraud Enforcement Division Act of 2026.
Official title: AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET
This section captures a formal floor step rather than a policy debate. It mentions committees such as Committee on Armed Services, members such as Cynthia M. Lummis.
Official title: ORDERS FOR FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2026, THROUGH TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2026
This section captures a formal floor step rather than a policy debate. It mentions members such as Cynthia M. Lummis.
Official title: ADJOURNMENT UNTIL 9 A.M. TOMORROW
This section captures a formal floor step rather than a policy debate. It mentions members such as Cynthia M. Lummis.
Official title: WITHDRAWALS
This section captures a formal floor step rather than a policy debate.
Official title: PERSONAL EXPLANATION
This section captures a formal floor step rather than a policy debate. It mentions members such as Adam Smith. Extensions of Remarks are statements submitted for the official record, even if they were not spoken live on the floor.
Official title: PERSONAL EXPLANATION
This section captures a formal floor step rather than a policy debate. It mentions members such as Benjamin Cline. Extensions of Remarks are statements submitted for the official record, even if they were not spoken live on the floor.