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Senate Majority Leader Thune pressed Democrats to unblock FISA 702 and Jay Clayton's DNI confirmation as Democrats launched a Binance-Iran sanctions probe and the Armed Services Committee cleared its NDAA markup.

A single Saturday release — volume running 64% below the weekly average — with Warren calling for accountability legislation on PE-driven hospital acquisitions.

Democrats flood USDA with a coordinated screwworm letter while Senate Republicans and Democrats clash over FISA reauthorization and the Iran war.

The Social Security Trustees' 2032 depletion warning drew statements from both parties Wednesday, while FISA renewal pressure, national parks funding fights, and a flurry of ag-sector bills rounded out a below-average-volume day.

A low-volume Tuesday saw the Senate's top defense appropriator fault the White House's reconciliation-heavy FY27 request while Democrats drove coordinated pushes on reproductive travel rights, the DOJ election manual, and the DBE program.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren raised alarms Saturday over Gulf state sovereign wealth pouring $24B into a Paramount bid for Warner Bros., threatening oversight of U.S. media brands.

The Secure America Act cleared the Senate on a party-line vote after Democrats spent 19 hours forcing amendment after amendment and losing every one.

A light Friday before senators return from the Memorial Day state work period saw Democrats dominate the release volume, pushing on Iran war spending transparency and immigration detention conditions.

A coalition of 20+ Senate Democrats pressed CBO to price out the Iran war while Warren separately fired oversight salvos at ICE, Education, and TRANSCOM on a holiday-week Thursday running 73% below baseline.

With the chamber on Memorial Day recess and volume down 82% from baseline, senators advanced child-protection legislation, demanded a CFTC investigation into suspicious Iran-war oil trades, and unveiled a bipartisan college sports overhaul.

Fourteen releases trickled in during the holiday state work period — 84% below Tuesday baseline — but a bipartisan child-abuse NDA bill and a China auto-trade letter gave reporters something to work with.

A single release on a quiet Saturday — 58% below the weekly average — as the Senate heads toward the Memorial Day state work period.

With Memorial Day recess three days out, senators pushed 34 releases — nearly 20% above the Friday baseline — spanning Iran war strategy, AI governance, Medicare, and government shutdown reform.

Republicans delayed the partisan budget bill until after Memorial Day as Democratic senators converged on the Anti-Weaponization Fund, Iran war costs, and Medicaid cuts.

Senate Budget Committee advanced the Secure America Act over unified Democratic opposition, driving the day's heaviest cross-party messaging five days before the Memorial Day state work period.

Democrats force eighth war powers vote as a UNRWA defunding push draws 25 Republican signatories and the DOJ budget hearing surfaces a $1.8B settlement fund controversy.

One release on a Saturday — 64% below average — as Warren hits wealth tax evasion and nine senators stay dark for 16+ days.

Democrats hit fuel prices and civilian casualties while Republicans cheered Trump's China visit; National Police Week drew a floor-statement surge.

The crypto market structure bill advanced over Democratic objections on illicit finance and ethics guardrails, while the entire Senate Democratic caucus rallied behind a mifepristone resolution hours before a Supreme Court deadline.

Democrats marked the War Powers Act's 60-day clock on Iran operations while senators on both sides filed a burst of bipartisan legislation on China, veterans fraud, and children's online safety.

Constitutional authority over the Iran conflict split Republicans and Democrats alike Thursday, while a bipartisan AI child-safety bill advanced unanimously out of committee.

Democrats forced a War Powers Resolution floor vote as the Iran conflict hit its statutory limit; the Supreme Court's 6-3 Voting Rights Act ruling drew immediate condemnation from multiple senators.

Democrats pushed three separate war-powers actions on Iran and Cuba while a cross-party cluster targeted Clean Air Act exemptions, vote-by-mail, and VA staffing.

Four Democrats open a new Hegseth probe, two bipartisan child-safety bills land the same day, and volume sits 80% below the Monday baseline.

More than 38 Senate Democrats introduced the Absentee MVP Act to nullify Trump's March 31 vote-by-mail executive order, the day's clearest coordinated push.

Republicans advanced a reconciliation blueprint to fund ICE and Border Patrol for three years; Democrats forced dozens of failed amendments on costs, health care, and the Iran war.

Republicans cleared a budget reconciliation pathway for $70B in ICE and CBP funding while Democrats held competing hearings on the Iran war, RFK Jr., and the Federal Reserve.

Senate Democrats forced a fifth Iran war powers vote while the Warsh Fed chair hearing, Earth Day environmental pushback, and a 38-senator USPS letter dominated a light-volume Tuesday.

Senate Budget Chairman Graham moves to use reconciliation to fund border enforcement through 2029; Schiff leads 16 senators against OPM medical records grab.

Eight releases across both parties hit accountability at DOJ, USMCA farm protections, and consumer fraud — on a day when Senate volume ran 58% below the Friday baseline.