45 bills were introduced in Congress yesterday. www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/browse 🏛️

Actions lawmakers can propose, roughly from most to least powerful
*Impeachment
*Pass law/override veto
*Withhold/give $
*War powers resolution
*Block nominees
*Subpoenas
*Strongly worded letter
*Tweet of concern
*Sandwich tweet that puts kernel of criticism btw slices of praise
*Silence

17 bills were introduced in Congress yesterday. www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/browse 🏛️

Weird that “8:00 PM President goes ahead with that Iranian genocide he threatened this morning” isn’t on the list.

The Senate envisions itself as a body that should be a check on the president's most imperial impulses. And yet, it does absolutely nothing as the president threatens war crimes and says a civilization will die. So what's the point of the Senate?

30 bills were introduced in Congress yesterday. www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/browse 🏛️

15 bills were introduced in Congress yesterday. www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/browse 🏛️

S.Res. 666 by Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR] was agreed to yesterday. A resolution designating the first week of April as “National Asbestos Awareness Week”. https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/sres666 🏛️

S.Res. 664 by Sen. John Thune [R-SD] was agreed to yesterday. A resolution to constitute the majority party’s membership on certain committees for the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, or un… https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/sres664 🏛️

S.Res. 665 by Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith [R-MS] was agreed to yesterday. A resolution designating April 2026 as “National Native Plant Month”. https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/sres665 🏛️

S.Res. 647 by Sen. Rick Scott [R-FL] was agreed to yesterday. A resolution designating March 21, 2026, as “National Osceola Turkey Day”. https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/sres647 🏛️

H.Res. 1142 by Rep. Michelle Fischbach [R-MN7] was agreed to yesterday. Providing for disposition of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 7147) making further consolidated appropriation… https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/hres1142 🏛️

H.R. 7147 by Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK4] passed House with changes yesterday. Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026 https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/hr7147 🏛️

🔜 H.Res. 1142 by Rep. Michelle Fischbach [R-MN7]: Providing for disposition of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 7147) making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year … https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/hres1142 🏛️

38 bills were introduced in Congress yesterday. www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/browse 🏛️

🔜 H.R. 7147 by Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK4]: Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026 https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/hr7147 🏛️

Rep. Thomas Kean [R-NJ7] may be missing. He missed 21 of 21 roll call votes (100%) since 03/17/26. https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/missing 🏛️

Votes held by Congress yesterday: 2 on Passage, 2 on Procedural https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes 🏛️

3 new laws were signed by the President yesterday. www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/browse 🏛️

Committees 🆗'd S. 545 by Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto [D-NV] yesterday. Combating Illicit Xylazine Act https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/s545 🏛️

Pretty sure those DHS officers who fatally shot Renee Good and Alex Pretti weren’t Democratic House members.

Committees 🆗'd H.R. 3420 by Rep. Pete Sessions [R-TX17] yesterday. Words Matter Act of 2025 https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/hr3420 🏛️

🔜 H.R. 7147 by Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK4]: Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026. https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/hr7147 🏛️

H.R. 8029 by Rep. Juan Ciscomani [R-AZ6] passed the House yesterday (→Senate). Pay Our Homeland Defenders Act https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/hr8029 🏛️

MIDDAY: HOUSE GOP LEADERSHIP DECIDES TO CONTINUE DHS SHUTDOWN

This is the correct framing from Jake Sherman. Although he could have added “and ensure security lines at airports stay as bad and probably get worse.”

Where things stand:
✅House GOP hates Senate DHS funding deal
✅House plan: 60-day CR w/$ for ICE/Border Patrol
✅Dems: That's DOA in Senate
✅Trump has left for Florida
✅House votes likely on Saturday
✅Senate currently out until April 13
✅This is Day 42 of the DHS shutdown

H.Res. 1128 by Rep. Ryan Mackenzie [R-PA7] was agreed to yesterday. Expressing the support of the House of Representatives for the Department of Homeland Security. https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/hres1128 🏛️

121 bills were introduced in Congress yesterday. www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/browse 🏛️

Why did the Senate suddenly do this?

Apart from airports being a hot mess, TSA workers struggling to get by + Trump vowing to take exec action...

...nothing smells more delicious than the wafted gusts of jet fumes on a plane taking you home for a 2-week recess.

Finally: Functionally Funded Government? - GovTrack.us Original reporting and other news from GovTrack.us

Getting there on government funding. www.govtrack.us/posts/588/20...