The Weekly Hill Update

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

• The Senate will take up the White House’s proposed cuts to the federal budget ahead of Friday’s deadline.
• President Donald Trump is hosting NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at the White House.
• The House plans to vote on Senate-approved legislation to create a regulatory framework for stablecoins.

HOUSE

• The House will be in session today through Thursday, taking up the Senate’s GENIUS Act.
• The Judiciary Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust will hold a hearing tomorrow on bankruptcy law and potential reforms.
• Also tomorrow, the Education and Workforce Committee will hold a hearing with university leaders on antisemitism in higher education.
• The full schedule of House committee activity can be found here.

SENATE

• The Senate will vote on the White House’s rescissions bill, which the House passed last month, ahead of a Friday deadline to pass the proposed funding cuts.
• The Environment and Public Works Committee will hold a hearing Wednesday on reauthorizing surface transportation programs.
• Thursday, the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee will hold a hearing on independent workers’ access to benefits.
• The full list of Senate committee meetings can be found here.

WHITE HOUSE

• Today, Trump is hosting Rutte at the White House.
• Tomorrow, he will attend the Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit, hosted by Carnegie Mellon University.
• Wednesday, Vice President JD Vance will visit West Pittston, Penn., to tout the passage of Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill Act.