Lawmakers will vote on a minibus of three government funding bills this week, totaling nearly $180 billion in government funding for fiscal year 2026. The three bills cover the Commerce-Justice-Science, Energy and Water, and Interior-Environment spending. -- 📺 Watch NTD News 24/7 on cable, broadcast, and streaming: https://www.ntd.com/watch
Congress is off to a quick start with
several important votes already teed up
during their first week in session. Our
Washington correspondent Luis Martinez
breaks down what we expect to see this
week on Capitol Hill.
>> The House of Representatives is expected
to vote this week on $174 billion of
government funding for fiscal year 2026.
The minibus would include interior and
energy, water, and commerce, science,
and justice funding bills. We have a
January 30 deadline to fund the
government and nobody should want a
repeat of the recent Democrat shutdown
at the end of this month. So, Mr.
President, let's get the rest of this
year's appropriations bills done so we
can turn our attention to our other
responsibilities
and to getting the next fiscal year's
appropriations bills done in a timely
fashion. The Senate is also expected to
vote on a Democrat sponsored privilege
resolution, a War Powers Act resolution
that if passed would prohibit President
Trump from taking any further military
actions in Venezuela without
congressional approval. The
administration's story keeps changing by
the hour. Even after Secretary Rubio
spent all day Sunday trying to clean up
Trump's mess, the president went right
back to repeat that the US will now
apparently run Venezuela for a while.
on and on and on. No plan, no clarity,
only chaos.
>> Also this week, the full House and
Senate separately will be briefed by
Attorney General Pam Bondi, Secretary of
State Mark Rugio, Secretary of War Pete
Hexith, CIA Director John Radcliffe, and
the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff General Dan Kaine on the Venezuela
Operation Operation Absolute Resolve.
President Trump also met today with
House Republicans at the Kennedy Center
during their annual retreat meeting and
dedicated his speech to Republican
Congressman Doug Lamalfa who passed away
today at age 65. GOP Congressman Doug
Lamalfa represented parts of Northern
California. The passing of Congressman
Doug Lamalfa leaves the House Republican
majority with only 218 seats after also
the stepping down of Congresswoman
Marjgerie Taylor Green. This is the
smallest House majority in the history
of the United States. Reporting from
Washington DC, Luis Eluardo Martinez,
NTD News.
