Senate — June 17, 2026
Committees were especially active. The Foreign Relations Committee favorably reported a wide slate of international security and human rights measures touching Sudan, Taiwan, China, Iran, Syria, AUKUS, Arctic security, energy security, and diplomatic operations. Domestic committees advanced public lands and health legislation, reviewed U.S. territories, examined small business and innovation programs, and held a hearing on China’s effects on older Americans. On the floor, the Senate passed the Saving the OOI Act and set up the next day’s consideration of H.R. 6644, the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, including a scheduled cloture vote on a substitute amendment.
House — June 17, 2026
Substantively, the schedule emphasizes upcoming Senate work on executive and judicial nominations, transportation and aviation safety, defense oversight, national security threats from Mexican drug cartels, affordability, Social Security, postal reform, and citizenship. Because the text is a meeting schedule rather than legislative debate, the policy significance lies in the issues Congress plans to examine and the federal leadership posts committees are preparing to consider.