There will be plenty of coverage around the likely drama involved in picking up where House and Senate Republicans left off before this most recent week off. (For a recap, see our last post.) So we’re not going to go into any detail about what might happen with the reconciliation bill (originally only for two departments in the Department of Homeland Security; now enlarged with funding for the President’s ballroom project and overshadowed by the announcement of the President’s plan to pay off political allies with funds from the Department of Justice) or the FISA extension or the housing bill that’s been pingponging between chambers because you can read in sources like Politico about these marquee issue.
We will note that the Iran War resolution postponed in the House before the recess may be up for a vote this week, along with a resolution to remove US troops from Lebanon and a discharge petition (number 8) to put forward a bill authorizing support for Ukraine. Three privileged resolutions, of which one is a discharge petition (meaning it has 218 co-sponsors meaning at least a few House Republican co-sponsors), is a lot for one week. Especially when all three are expressing opposition to various administration stances and might get some House Republican votes.
Now, procedurally, these three votes should go to the House Floor this week. But, as we’ve seen several times, most recently the week before last, Speaker Johnson is fine with adjourning the House instead if he thinks he won’t like the result of a vote. So we’re sticking with “may happen” until it actually does.
The bulk of the bills on the Weekly Schedule both uncontroversial and largely about public lands’ matters. One bill, S. 254: ARTIST Act, which amends the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to protect the cultural practices and livelihoods of producers of Alaska Native handicrafts and marine mammal ivory products, would go to the President for signing if it passes in the House.
There are 44 committee meetings across both chambers this week with the bulk of them focused on or another stage of the appropriations process. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will appear four times in front of committees this week, starting with Senate Foreign Relations on Tuesday. Ostensibly, the hearing is about State’s budget request for the upcoming fiscal year, but one would expect he will also get questions about the ongoing war against Iran and the rumored plan to attack Cuba soon.
See everyone on Friday for the recap!
Legislative Preview for June 1, 2026 was originally published by GovTrack.us and is republished with permission.
