06.29.2026 - DC Download

Jun 29

Written By Progressive Caucus Action Fund

This week brings another round of high-stakes fights as the House is in session and the Senate is in recess. The House will aim to move a $1.5 trillion defense bill as President Trump searches for a vehicle to revive the SAVE America Act, his sweeping voter suppression proposal. At the same time, the Supreme Court is poised to issue several consequential rulings before ending its term.

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Progressive Playbook

Progress for the People Town Hall Heads to Racine, WI!

On Wednesday, July 8, 2026, the Progressive Caucus Action Fund is heading to Wisconsin for the next stop on the Progress for the People Town Hall Tour, a national series of community-led events focused on exposing the harms of the GOP budget law and building support for a future rooted in justice, equity, and accountability.

Join us in Racine, WI alongside local advocates, national progressive leaders, and our special guests: **U.S. Representatives Gwen Moore (WI-04), Mark Pocan (WI-02), Jim McGovern (MA-02), Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), and Delia C. Ramirez (IL-03)**. Together, we'll hear how Republican policies are affecting communities and explore a bold vision for a stronger, fairer future.
**Where:** Racine, WI (RSVP for details)
**When:** Wednesday, July 8, 2026. Doors open at 5:15PM CDT
**Who**: 350 Wisconsin Action, Citizen Action of Wisconsin, Family Friendly Wisconsin, Families Over Billionaires, For Our Future Wisconsin, Hands Off Kenosha, IBEW Wisconsin State Conference, Main Street Action, Opportunity Wisconsin, Our Wisconsin Revolution, and Wisconsin Education Association Council. Sponsored by the Progressive Caucus Action Fund, Families Over Billionaires, and the Better Taxes Action Fund.
**RSVP** **today to join us and be part of the conversation!**

House

House Floor

The House will vote on 10 suspension bills from the Committees on Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, Oversight and Government Reform, and Financial Services. Suspension bills require a ⅔ majority to pass. For a list of all suspension bills being considered, click here.

This week the House will also consider the following bills, subject to a rule:

H.R. 8 800 – National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (Sponsored by Rep. Rogers (AL) – Armed Services Committee): The bill authorizes $1.5 trillion for defense and national security programs at the Pentagon, Energy Department, and other agencies. This would constitute a 4 0 percent inc rease from last year, adjusted for inflation, and the hi ghest military spending level in the country’s history, exceeding the record set during World War II. Already, Americans spend more than $4,000 per taxpayer on war. A boost of this magnitude would dwarf that figure and surpass what the country spent last year on Medicaid, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the Child Tax Credit, highways, the Department of Education, and other federal programs—combined.

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H.Res. 1 383 – Commemorating the one-year anniversary of the enactment of the Working Families Tax Cuts (Sponsored by Rep. Van Duyne – Ways and Means Committee): T his resoluti on marks the one-year anniversary of the tax provisions enacted through the 2025 reconciliation bill, co m monly k n own as the “On e Big Beautiful Bill Act,” and reaffirms congressional s upport for th ose policies . The resolution’s sponsor characterizes last year’s bill as benefiting families, farmers, seniors, small businesses, and workers. However, s everal an a lyses have found the law's largest benefits flowed to the wealthiest Americans, while low-income households are projected t o see their i ncomes fall by 2034 due to the bill’s devastating cuts to Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

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H.R. 888 4 – Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act (S ponsored by Rep. Scott (GA) – Ways and Means Committee): This bill would reauthorize the So cial Sec u ri ty Adminis tration’s authori ty for fiv e years to run demonstration projects testing c hanges to Socia l Security Disabil ity Insurance, includ ing policies aimed a t helping people with dis abilities enter the workforce. However , accordi ng to Ways and M ea ns Committee D emocrat s, the bill leaves the scope of those projects open-ended and without sufficie nt guardrails , a seriou s concern given President Trump's prior track record of proposing to use this same authority to cut disability benefi ts during his fi rst term.

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H. Rept. 119-714 - R emoving Ba rriers to W ork for Disabled A mer i cans Act (Committee on Ways and Means)

House Committee Highlights

A full list of this week’s hearings and markups can be found here . Notable hearings and markups include:

Tuesday Hearings

Oversight Hearing - Office of Management and Bu dget (Committee on App ropriations)

Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought testifying

A Midlife Crisis? IP and the Internet After 40 (Committee on t he Judi c iary)

Field of Fees: Private Equity’s Role in the Commercialization of Amer ican Y outh Sports (Commi ttee on Education and Workforce)

Memorializing our Ve terans: Outreac h, Upkee p, and Community Pa rtnersh ips at Veterans Cemeteries (C ommitte e on Veterans’ Affairs)

Wednesday Hearings

Modernizing Pu blic Access to Legislati ve Data and Information(Committ ee on Administration)

Direct Contracting: A Prescription for Lower Health Ca re Costs (Commit tee on Education and Workforce)

250 Years of American Legacy : S mall Businesses and the America n Dream (Committee on Small Business)

ISSUES TO WATCH

The Supreme Court's final stretch

Supreme Court sides with Trump in immigration rulings as final decisions loom

Last week, the Court issued two 6-3 rulings that handed the Trump administration powerful new tools for its mass deportation agenda. In Mullin v. Doe, the Court allowed the administration to strip more than 350,000 Haitians and 6,100 Syrians of their Temporary Protected Status (TPS), while largely blocking judicial review and putting over a million people living and working in the U.S. with TPS at risk. The Court also rejected claims that the Haiti termination was unlawfully motivated by racial discrimination, despite the record of Trump's racist statements.

In Mullin v. Al Otro Lado, the Court ruled that border officials can turn away asylum seekers at ports of entry before they physically cross onto U.S. soil, blocking people who followed the legal process to access the asylum system Congress created.

These rulings are a direct attack on lawful immigration. TPS and asylum are not loopholes. They are legal protections created for people fleeing war, persecution, disaster, and humanitarian crisis. Immigrant-led organizations warn the decisions could unleash mass cruelty, accelerate one of the largest campaigns of mass de-documentation in U.S. history, and destabilize families, workplaces, and communities that have built their lives in this country for years.

These rulings won’t be the Court's final word on questions with sweeping consequences for civil and human rights, democracy, and executive power. Still outstanding: Trump v. Barbara, which will determine the future of birthright citizenship, the 14th Amendment guarantee that anyone born on U.S. soil is a citizen. Trump signed an executive order on his first day back in office seeking to end that right for children born to noncitizen parents; yet, every lower court to review it has blocked it as unconstitutional. Rulings on bans targeting transgender athletes are also still pending (West Virginia v. B.P.J. and Little v. Hecox).

This morning, the Court delivered several long-awaited rulings, including in Watson v. Republican National Committee, wherein the Court allowed mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day to be counted. In Trump v. Slaughter, the Court expanded Trump's power to fire members of independent federal agencies, while in Trump v. Cook the justices blocked Trump from immediately firing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook.

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