ASAToday for July 17th, 2025

This Week in Congress This week, the House returned for its first floor votes post-recess to kick off a packed fall agenda, and both chambers of Congress voted on FY24 funding bills. Return to the ASAToday page to read more articles.

Government Shutdown Threats Looming Government shutdown threats are looming, and a continuing resolution (CR) to fund the government at the FY23 funding levels post September 30th is highly probable.  Senators want a December 8th deadline while House Republicans want the CR “in the October timeframe.”  One of the biggest issues to reaching a bipartisan CR…

The Fall Legislative Agenda In addition to the September 30th deadline for appropriation bills, there are a number of other legislative measures that need to be addressed including the farm bill.  Also, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)’s authorization expires on September 30th. The law sets funding levels and authorizes revenue collections for Airport and Airway…

The Senate Addresses Artificial Intelligence (AI) This week, the Senate heard from virtually all the captains of America’s tech industry including some key defense figures, on the subject of artificial intelligence (AI). Senate Majority Leader Schumer stated, “it was a meeting unlike any other that we have seen in the Senate in a very long…