ASAToday for July 3rd, 2025

This Week in Congress Both chambers of Congress returned to Washington this week following their Thanksgiving break, and they have three weeks of work before the end of the 118th Congress to finalize government spending and wrap up negotiations on the annual defense policy bill.  Speaker Johnson (R-LA) is pushing for a short-term funding extension…

Congressional Members Joining the Trump Administration To date, President-elect Trump has tapped the following members of Congress to join his new administration. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL): Secretary of State Expected to resign from Congress on January 20th Four years remaining in his term Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) will appoint a replacement to fill the vacancy…

2024 Election Finally Over? Democrat Adam Gray has won California’s 13th congressional district by 187 votes. This was the last race to be called, leaving Republicans with 220 congressional seats to Democrats’ 215. But, with the three House departures listed above, Republicans would have just 217 members for the first few months of 2025, leaving them…