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Short Legislative Recap Part Two covering the end of the Senate’s summer session: www.govtrack.us/posts/527/20...

S. 2682 by Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT] passed the Senate yesterday (→House). Captain Paul W. ‘Bud’ Bucha VA Medical Center Act of 2025 https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/s2682 🏛️

S.Res. 370 by Sen. John Neely Kennedy [R-LA] was agreed to yesterday. A resolution commending the Superdome on the occasion of its golden jubilee and its years of service to the State of Lo… https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/sres370 🏛️

S.Res. 369 by Sen. Charles “Chuck” Grassley [R-IA] was agreed to yesterday. A resolution designating August 21, 2025, as “Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day”. https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/sres369 🏛️

6 bills were introduced in Congress yesterday. https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/browse#sort=-introduced_date 🏛️

S. 1155 by Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith [R-MS] passed the Senate yesterday (→House). A bill to amend the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to make technical corrections. https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/s1155 🏛️

H.R. 2808 by Rep. John W. Rose [R-TN6] passed the House and Senate yesterday. Homebuyers Privacy Protection Act https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/hr2808 🏛️

H.R. 2170 by Rep. Christopher “Chris” Smith [R-NJ4] passed the House and Senate yesterday. To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Toms River, New Jers… https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/hr2170 🏛️

Votes held by Congress yesterday: 10 on Nomination, 5 on Cloture https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes 🏛️

Committees 🆗'd S. 2651 by Sen. Tim Scott [R-SC] yesterday. An original bill to increase the supply of affordable housing in America. https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/s2651 🏛️

S. 1659 by Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE] passed the Senate yesterday (→House). Bankruptcy Administration Improvement Act of 2025 https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/s1659 🏛️

S.Res. 367 by Sen. Alejandro “Alex” Padilla [D-CA] was agreed to yesterday. A resolution designating July 2025 as “American Grown Flower and Foliage Month”. https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/sres367 🏛️

S.Res. 363 by Sen. Eric Schmitt [R-MO] was agreed to yesterday. A resolution solemnly marking the one-year anniversary of the attempted assassination of President Donald J. Trump, condemnin… https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/sres363 🏛️

99 bills were introduced in Congress yesterday. https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/browse#sort=-introduced_date 🏛️

S. 1071 by Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX] passed the Senate yesterday (→House). A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to disinter the remains of Fernando V. Cota from Fort Sam Houston Na… https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/s1071 🏛️

S.Res. 340 by Sen. Charles “Chuck” Grassley [R-IA] was agreed to yesterday. A resolution designating July 30, 2025, as “National Whistleblower Appreciation Day”. https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/sres340 🏛️

H.R. 3944 by Rep. John R. Carter [R-TX31] passed Senate with changes yesterday. Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/hr3944 🏛️

Votes held by Congress yesterday: 5 on Nomination, 1 on Passage, 2 on Cloture, 8 on Amendment, 1 on Procedural https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes 🏛️

Congratulations to the Senate for passing Legislative branch appropriations bill (along with veterans affairs and agriculture) w/o including the House's awful cuts in funding for the GAO + Library of Congress and for protecting GAO's impoundment authority. @heinrich.senate.gov @murray.senate.gov

Committees 🆗'd S. 2587 by Sen. Shelley Moore Capito [R-WV] yesterday. An original bill making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related … https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/s2587 🏛️

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On the Nomination PN837: Erika L. McEntarfer, of the District … -- Senate Vote #7 -- Jan. 11, 2024 Senate Vote #7 in 2024, in the United States Congress.

Last year, most Republicans including MAGA leaders Vance, Rubio, and McConnell joined all Democrats to confirm Erika McEntarfer as the head of BLS. Here's that vote.

She's now been fired for, we assume, not cooking BLS's economic measurements to suit the president.
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Are revisions - even significant revisions - to economic data unusual? Might the President have a point here? No to both. Katrina Stierholz, a (now retired) librarian at the Research Division of St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank explains in this column from 2017: journals.ala.org/index.php/dt...

Committees 🆗'd S. 2572 by Sen. Mitch McConnell [R-KY] yesterday. An original bill making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for othe… https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/s2572 🏛️

So this appears to be a legal move on the President’s part, if not necessarily a wise or subtle one.

Reminder: this is _Republican_ Sen. Murkowski of AK.

S.Res. 361 by Sen. John F. “Jack” Reed [D-RI] was agreed to yesterday. A resolution designating August 16, 2025, “National Airborne Day”. https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/sres361 🏛️

S.Res. 362 by Sen. Mitch McConnell [R-KY] was agreed to yesterday. A resolution to provide for the printing of the Senate Manual for the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress. https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/sres362 🏛️

94 bills were introduced in Congress yesterday. https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/browse#sort=-introduced_date 🏛️

Senate Confirmations, Senate Time Off and How Many Votes When? - GovTrack.us Original reporting and other news from GovTrack.us

Legislative Recap, Senate Time Off and How Many Votes Does it Take When? www.govtrack.us/posts/526/20...