House GOP escalates election fight
House Republicans will hold an election integrity hearing hours before Rules prepares the SAVE America Act for a floor vote, as Democrats warn the bill could restrict access to federal elections.
Today in Congress
👋🏾 Hi, hey, hello! The House panel responsible for legislation and oversight of election law will hold a hearing this morning on how to restore trust and integrity in federal elections, despite very little evidence that widespread voter fraud occurs in U.S. elections, including none that has ever changed the outcome of a presidential or congressional race. House Administration Committee Democrats are expected to push back against what they describe as an attempted Republican takeover of the election process to ensure voters can have their voices heard and exercise their constitutional right to vote in safe, free, and fair elections. The hearing comes in the wake of calls from President Donald Trump for the GOP to “nationalize” and “take over the voting” and ahead of a House Rules Committee meeting this afternoon to prepare for a floor vote on Wednesday the SAVE America Act, a so-called election integrity bill that would impose strict citizenship proof requirements on voter registration and voting in federal elections.
Happenings
All times Eastern.
The House is in at 10 a.m. and will vote at 1:30 p.m. on a rule to allow floor consideration of the Law-Enforcement Innovate to De-Escalate Act, Undersea Cable Protection Act and Securing America’s Critical Minerals Supply Act.
House Republicans and Democrats will hold their weekly conference and caucus meetings at 9 a.m. House GOP leaders will hold a post-meeting press conference at 10 a.m., followed by House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.) and Vice Chair Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) at 10:45 a.m.
Reps. Burgess Owens (R-Utah) and Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) will introduce Alyssa’s Act at 9:30 a.m. It would require K-12 schools to install silent panic alarm systems that connect directly to law enforcement during emergencies, such as active-shooter incidents.
The House Homeland Security Committee will hold an oversight hearing at 10 a.m. on ICE, CBP and USCIS.
The House Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing at 10 a.m. to examine the policies behind rising housing and borrowing costs.
The House Ways and Means Committee will hold a hearing at 10 a.m. on foreign influence in American nonprofit organizations.
Reps. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) will hold a news conference at 10 a.m. on school safety legislation and the eight anniversary of the Parkland school shooting.
Reps. Nydia Velázquez (D-N.Y.), Delia Ramirez (D-Ill.) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) will introduce a bill to end the Monroe Doctrine at 10 a.m.
The House Administration Committee will hold a hearing at 10:15 a.m. on how to restore trust and integrity in federal elections.
Democratic Women’s Caucus Chair Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.), House Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-Mass.) and DWC members will hold a news conference at 11:45 a.m. on the SAVE Act.
Reps. Rich McCormick (R-Ga.), Bill Foster (D-Ill.) and Martin Stutzman (Ind.) will speak at the National Artificial Intelligence Association Summit at 1 p.m. about AI policy, infrastructure and competitiveness.
The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will hold a hearing at 2 p.m. on restoring trust and transparency in public housing agencies.
The House Rules Committee will meet at 3:30 p.m. to report a rule for the SAVE America Act.
House Administration Committee Ranking Member Joe Morelle (D-N.Y.) and Committee Democrats will hold a news conference at 4:45 p.m. on election integrity.
The Senate will meet at 10 a.m. and vote at 11:30 a.m. to confirm Daniel Burrows to be an Assistant Attorney General before recess until 2:15 p.m. for weekly party lunches. The Senate is also expected to vote on whether to repeal an IRS workaround for the corporate minimum tax's application to partnerships.
The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and Science will hold a hearing at 9:30 a.m. to review broadband deployment funding at the Department of Commerce.
The Senate Commerce Committee will hold a hearing at 10 a.m. on media ownership in the digital age.
The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law will hold a hearing at 10:15 a.m. on Arctic Frost accountability, with a focus on oversight of telecommunications carriers.
The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs will hold a hearing at 2:30 p.m. on security and foreign assistance programs for Haiti.
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Disaster Management, District of Columbia, and Census will hold a hearing at 2:30 p.m. on fraud and foreign influence in state and federal programs.
The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Border Security and Immigration will hold a hearing at 2:30 p.m. on fraud in Minnesota.
President Trump will participate in signing time at 4:30 p.m. in the Oval Office, a policy meeting at 5:30 p.m. in the Oval Office and a private dinner at 7 p.m. at the White House. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt will hold a press briefing at 1 p.m.
In the Know
— House Minority and Senate Minority Leaders Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) accused Republicans of responding to their list of Immigration and Customs Enforcement demands with only a bare-bones outline of an ICE counterproposal, minus legislative text or substantive detail. Jeffries and Schumer said Democrats are waiting for more information before determining whether the GOP plan meaningfully addresses concerns about ICE’s conduct.
— The House overwhelmingly approved in a 390–9 vote a bipartisan housing bill aimed at boosting supply and modernizing federal programs, setting up negotiations with the Senate over a broader, stalled housing package.
— House Oversight Committee members attempted a deposition with Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted associate of Jeffrey Epstein, on Monday morning as part of the panel’s probe into Epstein’s network. But the session ended quickly after Maxwell invoked her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination and refused to answer questions about Epstein, potential co-conspirators or her own conduct. Committee members expressed frustration at her silence, and Maxwell’s attorney signaled she would only testify fully if granted clemency from President Trump.
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