Washington Policy Tracker

Bipartisan Legislation Introduced

• Skills-Based Federal Hiring: Reps. Janelle Bynum, Raja Krishnamoorthi, Ryan Mackenzie, and John McGuire...

• US companies have sharply increased use of cheaper Chinese AI models, with their share of tokens on OpenRouter jumping to 45% from 11.5% since...

The Trump administration is conditioning 20% of over $1 billion in FEMA homeland security grants on state election changes like citizenship checks and...

Bipartisan legislation would expand skills-based hiring across federal agencies by easing unnecessary bachelor's degree requirements. The Federal Jobs...

Bipartisan legislation introduced by Sens. Mark Kelly, Rick Scott, and Roger Marshall would direct a federal study on AI's benefits and risks for...

The Supreme Court in Trump v Slaughter overturned a 90-year precedent, letting presidents remove most independent agency leaders at will and...

Lawmakers are attaching the bipartisan Combating Organized Retail Crime Act to the must-pass NDAA, using the defense bill's momentum to advance...

Congressional Legislation Pressures

• 🔥 SAVE America Act Standoff: Trump is pressuring Senate Republicans to pass the SAVE America Act requiring...

The Roberts Court is systematically stripping Congress of lawmaking authority through doctrines that ignore legislative history and limit agency...

The White House convened a July 7 quantum industry summit with senior officials from OSTP, Commerce, Defense, Energy and NSF to advance the Trump...

Trump's renewed pressure for the SAVE America Act is exposing Senate Republican divisions, as the bill lacks the 60 votes needed to overcome the...

War Powers Oversight

• 🔥 60-Day Clock Continues: The administration's claim that the Iran ceasefire paused the War Powers Resolution 60-day clock...

Trump allies and House Speaker Johnson are driving parallel efforts to tighten federal election rules and birthright citizenship ahead of the 2026...

A federal court ruled that multiple Arkansas laws restricting ballot initiative petitions violate the First Amendment.

• Key provisions struck down:...

A Joint Economic Committee report shows the average Georgia family now pays $2,400 more per year for housing, groceries, gas, and electricity since...

The Department of Energy's July 7 proposal revises its Process Rule by adding economic thresholds and procedural steps, which the Trump...

The administration's claim that an Iran ceasefire pauses the War Powers Resolution's 60-day clock finds no support in the statute's text, legislative...

Regulatory Agenda Release

• 🔥 2026 Unified Agenda Issued: The White House released the 2026 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory...

Speaker Mike Johnson is urging Congress to override recent Supreme Court decisions through new laws on birthright citizenship and women's sports.

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Trump's second regulatory plan targets broad rollbacks to boost industry and fossil fuels while eradicating DEI.

• News angle: The agenda prioritizes...