The Weekly Hill Update
05/19/2025 | 1 minute read
Posted in Congress
Below is this week’s congressional update by BakerHostetler’s Federal Policy team. We’ll continue to post in weeks when both chambers of Congress are in session.
HEADLINES
- Republicans remain in intense negotiations in the hopes of passing their sweeping reconciliation legislation through the House before next week’s Memorial Day recess.
- President Donald Trump plans to speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
- BakerHostetler’s 36th Annual Legislative Seminar is this Wednesday, as we will hear from key leaders in both parties in the House and Senate. Join us!
HOUSE
- The House is scheduled to be in session tonight through Thursday, though leadership has threatened to keep lawmakers in Washington until their One Big Beautiful Bill is approved.
- Officials testifying at budget hearings include Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin and Chairman Paul Atkins of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
- The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade will hold a hearing Wednesday on artificial intelligence regulation.
- The full schedule of House committee activity can be found here.
SENATE
- The Senate plans to take up landmark cryptocurrency legislation.
- A busy slate of budget hearings in the Senate includes Zeldin, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr.
- The Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee will hold a hearing Wednesday on the state of higher education.
- The full list of Senate committee meetings can be found here.
WHITE HOUSE