Overview
- Only three of 12 annual appropriations bills have been enacted, and the current stopgap expires Jan. 30, leaving a partial shutdown risk without new funding.
- House Democrats forced a floor vote on a Democratic-written three‑year extension of Affordable Care Act premium subsidies after four Republicans joined them despite Speaker Mike Johnson’s objections.
- Senate Majority Leader John Thune plans a vote on a five‑bill appropriations minibus when lawmakers return, though objections have surfaced over earmarks.
- Following reports of a U.S.-led ouster and arrest of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro, Senate Democrats say they will seek a War Powers Act vote to block any further military action there.
- House Democrats plan to reconvene the former Jan. 6 committee for an unofficial hearing to mark the attack’s fifth anniversary.