Can the Senate find time for college sports?
Plus: Ethics panel recommends Edwards censure, CBC warns of civil rights setback and House Dems go on offense in 19 battleground districts.
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THE LINEUP
Can the Senate find time for college sports?
Ethics panel recommends Edwards censure
CBC warns of civil rights setback
House Dems go on offense in 19 battleground districts
THE LEAD
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Senate Commerce Committee leaders painstakingly assembled one of the broadest bipartisan coalitions Congress has seen this year around legislation to overhaul college athletics.
Now they’re running into a different obstacle: the Senate calendar.
With government funding, Russia sanctions, cryptocurrency legislation, a budget resolution and nominations all competing for floor time before lawmakers leave for August recess, it’s increasingly unclear whether the Protect College Sports Act will even receive a vote before senators head home…
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THE POWERS THAT BE
Ethics panel recommends Edwards censure: The bipartisan House Ethics Committee recommended that Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-N.C.) be censured after concluding there is substantial reason to believe he violated House rules governing sexual harassment and hostile workplaces through a pattern of inappropriate conduct toward two young female staffers…
THE POLICY DESK
CBC warns of civil rights setback: The Congressional Black Caucus condemned the Trump administration’s decision last month to rescind the longstanding disparate impact standard under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act…
THE TRAIL
House Dems go on offense: House Majority Forward launched a $15 million television, radio, digital and mail campaign targeting 19 battleground House districts, marking one of the Democratic-aligned super PAC’s earliest major advertising investments of the 2026 midterm cycle…