ASAToday for July 3rd, 2025

Foreign Aid Supplemental House Majority Leader Scalise announced that the House would consider “legislation that supports Israel and holds Iran and its terrorist proxies accountable.” However, it is unclear what will be included in the supplemental and if it will also contain funding for Ukraine and Taiwan. To date, Speaker Johnson has declined to put…

Mayorkas Impeachment The House transmitted impeachment articles against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate. The delay last week was sparked by Senate Republicans to force the Senate to hold a trial, but indications are that Senate Democrats will still try to quickly dismiss or otherwise dispense with the two articles. Mayorkas is charged…

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) By a vote of 273-147, the House passed the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Congress is facing an April 19th deadline to reauthorize the spying powers. After eleventh-hour negotiations between the GOP holdouts and leadership, Speaker Johnson agreed to change the FISA reauthorization from five years to two years, keep…