Brief archive
Every published brief, daily and weekly. Daily briefs run Tuesday through Saturday evenings. Weekly briefs publish Thursday night, covering the seven-day Senate work cycle (Friday previous through Thursday this week).
June 2026
May 2026
- Thu, May 28weeklyIran war costs, child protection, and oversight define a holiday-week Senate
A Memorial Day recess cut volume by more than half, but Democrats mounted coordinated pressure on Iran war spending while bipartisan child-safety bills cleared the chamber.
- Thu, May 21weeklyIran war costs compound across seven days as reconciliation bill collapses before recess
Democrats built a sustained cost-of-war frame from gas stations to NIH budgets; Republicans couldn't hold their conference together long enough to bring their megabill to a floor vote.
- Thu, May 14weeklyCrypto bill advances, Democrats unify on mifepristone as Senate output runs light
A compressed work week — output 27% below the 12-week average — still produced a Banking Committee milestone, a caucus-wide reproductive rights stand, and a cluster of bipartisan reform legislation.
April 2026
- Thu, Apr 30weeklyIran war's 60-day clock forced a Senate reckoning — and split Republicans
The War Powers deadline drove five days of escalating pressure, while voting rights and the Fed nominee added to a week of constitutional confrontations.
- Thu, Apr 23weeklySenate passes ICE reconciliation as Iran war, RFK Jr. hearings define a fractured week
A 50-48 party-line vote unlocked $70B for border enforcement while Democrats forced five Iran war powers votes and two days of Kennedy hearings exposed public health fault lines.