Both chambers are in session this week after the Memorial Day recess.
The Senate will begin putting its mark on the House-passed reconciliation package, evaluating what sections will likely not survive the parliamentarian’s review, which prevents lawmakers from including nonbudgetary provisions in the legislation. Certain conservative Senators have already expressed concerns that the package does not include enough fiscal cuts. Moderates, meanwhile, have raised unease with the deep cuts to Medicaid and the repeal of the clean-energy tax credits included in the House bill.
On the House side, appropriators will formally begin the fiscal year 2026 government funding process, beginning with markups for the Agriculture-FDA and Military Construction-VA spending bills later in the week. President Trump sent his budget proposal to Congress on Friday and is asking for nondefense funding cuts of more than 22% in the upcoming fiscal year and a flat military budget.
The lower chamber will also begin consideration of a recissions package the White House plans to send to Congress this week that would claw back $9.4 billion in funding from the U. S. Agency for International Development, National Public Radio, and the Public Broadcasting Service. Lawmakers must consider the rescissions within the next 45 legislative session days or the request is automatically rejected.
On the floor, the House will vote on legislation to combat opioid addiction (H.R. 2483) and three measures to restrict Small Business Administration (SBA) loans based on immigration status (H.R. 2966), close SBA offices in jurisdictions with “sanctuary” policies limiting cooperation with federal immigration authorities (H.R. 2931), and limit the number of certified small business lending companies (H.R. 2987).
The upper chamber will resume consideration of Michael Duffey’s nomination to be the Pentagon’s undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) has also filed cloture on the nominations of Allison Hooker to be the State Department’s undersecretary for political affairs and Dale Marks to be a Department of Defense assistant secretary.
Several of President Trump’s Cabinet secretaries will continue testifying before Congress this week regarding their agencies’ budgetary requests for the 2026 fiscal year.
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