Senate — August 6, 2026
The Senate’s August 6, 2026 Record primarily reflects end-of-day floor management and the printing of substantial amendment text ahead of a voting sequence scheduled for August 7. Majority Leader Thune secured unanimous consent for a structured process on H.R. 5334, the SEED Act vehicle for sanctions legislation, including votes on Paul and Graham-Blumenthal amendments and final passage under a 60-vote threshold. The Senate also lined up further action on H.R. 6500, a measure combining AGOA-related trade extensions with continuing appropriations and other fiscal-year 2027 extensions, with cloture expected on a Thune-for-Collins amendment after en bloc nominations are addressed. Several substantive amendments were printed in the Record. The most detailed was the Lummis-Gillibrand Common Cents Act substitute to S. 1525, which would end penny production for general circulation, permit cash rounding, and require planning and impact assessments related to coin distribution and cash-reliant consumers.
House — August 6, 2026
The House record for August 6, 2026, contained no substantive floor debate or roll call votes, but it did include a significant set of legislative introductions and referrals. Members introduced measures across a wide policy range, including artificial intelligence taxation and worker protection, immigration-related public charge policy, defense depot accounting and maintenance reporting, recycling and product labeling standards, housing tax credits, motor vehicle liability, labor certification processing, religious liberty, wildfire readiness, public housing modernization, youth e-cigarette prevention, and Congressional Review Act resolutions aimed at EPA decisions involving California emissions standards. The House also recorded additional sponsors for numerous pending bills and resolutions, constitutional authority statements, executive communications, and adjournment until August 10, 2026.</p><p>The Extensions of Remarks section was dominated by constituent and community recognitions.