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Cotton backs Banks’ new AI chips proposal

A leading China hawk is boosting revisions to a measure that would limit the export of advanced artificial intelligence chips.

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Senate Dems block GOP federal worker pay bill

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W.H. invites Senate to Rose Garden Club post shutdown

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Paul warns Thune on CISA

Sen. Rand Paul said he’d block attempts by leaders to reauthorize a liability shield companies rely on when sharing cyberthreat data with the government.

Inside the caucus: Senate Dems hold the line despite no exit strategy

It’s Day 23 and Senate Democrats are digging in. Schumer’s caucus has no clear off-ramp as key votes loom today on competing bills to pay federal workers.

NATO chief meets with senators ahead of WH visit

Rutte huddled with a bipartisan group of senators Wednesday morning ahead of his high-stakes sitdown with President Donald Trump at the White House later today.

Banks proposes changes to chips export bill

The changes could help boost the chances Banks’ legislation will make it into the final annual defense policy bill being written by House and Senate negotiators.

Sununu enters N.H. Senate race

Sununu, who represented the state in the Senate from 2003 to 2009, will be the GOP establishment-backed candidate in the primary.

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Hearings

Business meeting to consider H.R.4550, to reauthorize the United States Grain Standards Act, S.1462, to improve forest management activities on National Forest System land, public land under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, and Tribal land to return resilience to overgrown, fire-prone forested land, S.277, to release a Federal reversionary interest and convey mineral interests in Chester County, Tennessee, S.1680, to designate additions to the Rough Mountain Wilderness and the Rich Hole Wilderness of the George Washington National Forest, S.2440, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain National Forest System land located in Franklin County, Mississippi, H.R.197, to provide for a land exchange in the Chippewa National Forest, Minnesota, S.1262, to require the Secretary of Agriculture to release a reversionary interest in certain land in the Black River State Forest in Millston, Wisconsin, S.2548, to designate the Camp Hutchins Wilderness and establish Special Management Areas in the Shawnee National Forest in the State of Illinois, S.1681, to establish the Shenandoah Mountain National Scenic Area in the State of Virginia, H.R.1612, to designate the Flatside-Bethune Wilderness in the Ouachita National Forest, S.1350, to modify the boundaries of the Talladega National Forest, S.1376, to amend the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a study on the feasibility of designating the Benton MacKaye Trail as a national scenic trail, S.1876, to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to relocate a memorial honoring the 9 Air Force crew members who lost their lives in an airplane crash in the Cherokee and Nantahala National Forests during a training mission on August 31, 1982, S.638, to amend the Act of June 22, 1948, and an original bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey a parcel of property of the Forest Service to Perry County, Arkansas.

10/21/2025

To receive a closed briefing on the Joint Interagency Task Force 401.

10/21/2025

Innovation in U.S. Housing: Solutions and Policies for America’s Future - Housing, Transportation, and Community Development Subcommittee

10/21/2025

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Legislation

S.284 - Congressional Award Program Reauthorization Act

10/20/2025

S.2144 - A bill to improve the safety and security of Members of Congress, immediate family members of Members of Congress, and congressional staff.

10/10/2025

S.Res.377 - An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar.

09/15/2025

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Paul warns Thune on CISA

Sen. Rand Paul said he’d block attempts by leaders to reauthorize a liability shield companies rely on when sharing cyberthreat data with the government.