Overview

• The Senate voted 51–49 to table Chuck Schumer’s amendment, with Republicans Rand Paul and Josh Hawley joining Democrats in opposing the move to shelve it.
• Schumer’s proposal mirrored a House measure and would have required Attorney General Pam Bondi to publish all Justice Department records on Jeffrey Epstein, including flight logs, internal communications and documents about his 2019 jail death.
• Republican leaders dismissed the tactic as improper for the NDAA, with John Thune calling it a political stunt and Thom Tillis saying he opposed it on procedural grounds despite supporting disclosure in principle.
• A parallel push in the House led by Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna has a discharge petition said to be one signature short of the 218 needed to force a floor vote.
• Recent disclosures by House Democrats included more than 30,000 pages of DOJ-provided materials and a disputed Epstein birthday letter linked to President Donald Trump, which he says does not bear his signature.