This Week in CongressNov 10th - 16th

A resolution honoring Dr. Jane Goodall and her legacy as an ethologist, conservationist, and activist.

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 60 - 40. Record Vote Number: 618.

Recognizing the service of all District of Columbia veterans, condemning the denial of voting representation in Congress and full local self-government for veterans and their families who are District of Columbia residents, and calling for statehood for the District of Columbia through the enactment of the Washington, D.C. Admission Act (H.R. 51 and S. 51), particularly in light of the service of District of Columbia veterans in every American war.

Submitted in House

Honoring and remembering the victims of the crash of American Airlines Flight 587 in Rockaway Queens, New York, on November 12, 2001, and extending the sincerest condolences of the citizens of the United States to the families and friends of those individuals.

Submitted in House

Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald.

Submitted in House