Washington Policy Watch

Water Infrastructure Progress

• 🔥 WRDA 2026 Advances: The bipartisan Water Resources Development Act heads to the Senate floor after unanimous...

Two bills highlight Congress's capacity for infrastructure action across party lines.

• Grid reform: Sen. Heinrich's bill mandates "connect and...

House Budget Committee Republicans passed a budget resolution for a third reconciliation package, including $60 billion for defense plus funding for...

• Republicans secured their biggest legislative win of the year on housing but now must campaign on a bill Trump refused to sign
• Lawmakers in swing...

Four senators introduced bipartisan legislation assigning the Social Security Advisory Board the task of drafting a base bill to keep the program...

Senator Elizabeth Warren is pressing President Trump for updated financial disclosures through mid-2026 after his reported $1.4 billion crypto...

Major corporations are channeling campaign cash to members of Congress pushing to expand ICE's power and funding.

• SpaceX led with $589,000 to 63...

A new Commerce Department order restricts agencies like Census and BEA to coarsening or suppressing data to protect privacy, rolling back modern...

Civil rights organizations are suing the Trump administration to obtain records on its January freeze of $10 billion in child care and safety net...

The House passed the Common Cents Act to stop penny production and allow cash transactions to round to the nearest five cents, responding to shortages after minting ended. Electronic payments remain unaffected while the bill moves to the Senate.

Federal employees can now download TikTok on government devices after the DOJ concluded ByteDance no longer controls the platform's restructured US...

A bipartisan Senate bill would tie VA disability payments and survivor benefits to the 2026 Social Security COLA, but both chambers must pass it by...

Judicial Restraints on Federal Funding

• 🔥 Grant Termination Blocked: A federal judge in Boston ruled that the Trump administration cannot cancel...

Trump warned that Democrats targeting the Supreme Court and ending the Senate filibuster would leave the Republican Party "DEAD". The moves could...

People Power United joined 133 civil rights groups in a letter to Congress denouncing recent fatal ICE shootings of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and another...

Legislative delays on the 2026 Farm Bill are driving a 46% national rise in farm bankruptcies—75% in Southwestern states—while leaving producers...

A federal judge ruled the Trump administration cannot cancel already-awarded grants simply because they no longer match new policy priorities. U.S....

Congress Advances Permanent Daylight Saving Time

• 🔥 House Passes DST Bill: The House of Representatives passed legislation making daylight...

The Department of Homeland Security published a proposed rule on public charge grounds of inadmissibility on July 20, 2026, with a comment period...

The House overwhelmingly approved legislation to make daylight saving time permanent, ending the twice-yearly clock changes.

• Past failure: A 1970s...