Congress Pivots to Summer Agenda The House and Senate return to Washington this week following President Trump’s release of his FY26 budget request last Friday, which largely calls for non-defense spending cuts while boosting defense and homeland security funding. Members have already begun soliciting local appropriations requests for the FY26 […]
Hot Topics “50-Day Drill Down” Tuesday, April 22, marked the 50th day of the 60-day legislative session, with 10 more days to go before the legislature adjourns sine die. At this point, any legislation that has not been heard in at least one Senate committee will likely not become law. […]
100 Days Later President Trump marks the first 100 days of his second term this week as lawmakers return to Washington following a two-week recess. House Republicans will resume consideration of their budget reconciliation measure to advance President Trump’s tax, immigration, and defense priorities. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has indicated […]
Hot Topics “Day 45” A full slate of House and Senate committees met this week to consider dozens of bills as legislators reached the 45th day of the 60-day legislative session on Tuesday, April 17. With the session winding down, bills not scheduled to be heard by next week will […]
Hot Topics “Governor receives Six Bills” On Friday, April 11, 2025, Governor Ron DeSantis was presented with the following six bills: HB 421 – Peer Support for First Responders by Representative Maggard adds law enforcement agency support personnel who are involved in investigating a crime scene or collecting or processing […]
