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Johnson suffers remarkable overnight FISA collapse

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) attends a news conference following a House Republican Conference meeting at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 13, 2026. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images 👋🏾 Hi, hey, hello! It’s Friday morning. Thank you for waking up to Congress Nerd Sunrise. I’m exhausted, but still wired from the wild night that unspooled onto the House floor this morning. While you were sleeping, the FISA compromise that Speaker Johnson spent days brokering with his own members went up in smoke almost immediately after it became public. I’ve got the full play-by-play below. I haven’t slept in nearly 24 hours—such is life on the congressional beat—so I’m about slumber. Have a great weekend! 📬 Get in touch: michael@onceuponahill.com First Things First Mejia wins New Jersey special runoff: Rep.-elect Analilia Mejia (D-N.J.) on Thursday night won the special election to fill the seat vacated by Gov. Mikie Sherrill (D-N.J.). Mejia, a progressive labor organizer and political strategist who co-led the Center for Popular Democracy, worked on Sen. Bernie Sanders’ 2020 presidential campaign, and served in the Biden-era Department of Labor, defeated Republican nominee Joe Hathaway in a race the AP called just seven minutes after the polls closed. (She will face Hathaway again in November for the chance to serve a full term.) When Mejia is sworn in, she will shrink Speaker Johnson’s vote margin on party-line bills from two to one, following the recent addition of Rep. Clay Fuller (R-Ga.). Warren, Senate Banking Dems press Scott to delay Warsh hearing: Senate Banking Committee Ranking Member Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) led all 10 Committee Democrats on Thursday morning in a letter to Chair Tim Scott (R-S.C.) calling for the delay of next week’s nomination proceedings for Kevin Warsh, President Trump’s nominee to serve as the next Federal Reserve Chair, until the pretextual investigations into Chair Jerome Powell and Governor Lisa Cook are closed. They called for the Committee to instead hold a public hearing to assess President Trump’s involvement in directing these criminal investigations. After meeting with Warsh, Warren told reporters that her concerns about the nominee had deepened, citing his failure to disclose over $100 million in assets, his unexplained appearance in Epstein-related records, and an FBI background review that she said did not address either issue. Like what you’re reading? Subscribe to Congress Nerd Sunset for nightly editions with original reporting and smart analysis on what really mattered on the Hill and beyond—delivered straight to your inbox, no algorithms and no paywalls. How a House GOP revolt sank Johnson’s FISA 702 vote A handful of House conservatives delivered Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) a stunning rebuke early this morning, with a dozen Republicans rejecting a five-year package of reforms to the government’s warrantless foreign surveillance authority—known as Section 702—before 20 GOP lawmakers tanked a procedural vote to even debate a clean 18-month extension of those powers. The episode marked a striking collapse—even for Johnson, who has already seen multiple rules fail under his speakership and several more come perilously close. After canceling and delaying votes this week to mediate between the House Freedom Caucus, which demanded stronger privacy protections, and the White House, which pushed for a clean, longer-term extension, he secured neither. Instead, the House passed a two-week extension of existing Section 702 authorities by unanimous consent before adjourning until Monday—buying Johnson time to regroup after a bruising night on the floor. “Late-night votes never go well. People are punchy. That was tonight,” a House Democrat texted me as they left the floor just after 2 a.m. “We came back to vote down a bill we all knew was going to fail. This speaker cannot count.” Not the usual GOP policy fight Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act allows the U.S. government to collect communications of foreign nationals abroad without warrants, but it often captures data on Americans in contact with those noncitizens. The Freedom Caucus and civil libertarians from both parties wanted structural reforms, especially a warrant requirement for queries of U.S. citizens. The tremendous trust gap that exists between House Democrats and the Trump administration, including acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and FBI Director Kash Patel, and the president himself, heightened the sensitivity against a straightforward continuation of the status quo without stricter guardrails. “Sometimes it’s about the policy,” a House Democrat told me. Sometimes it’s about the people implementing the policy. This is one of those times.” With Johnson facing a math problem with the rule on Wednesday afternoon, he canceled the vote series that had been scheduled for that time. He scrapped two additional afternoon series on Thursday amid ongoing talks among administration officials, House GOP leadership and the holdouts. Just before midnight, House Majority Whip Tom Emmer’s office released text of the manager’s amendment to the unworkable extension and announced members would reconvene to debate the measure before advancing it to final passage. The amendment extended Section 702 through April 2031—a major shift, given that leadership and the White House were seeking a shorter-term duration. It required a warrant to intentionally target a U.S. person’s communication and limited FBI “backdoor searches” to address the long-running abuse complaints. The bill also strengthened criminal penalties to include fines and prison time for unauthorized disclosure of 702 data, improper queries of U.S. persons and false statements to the FISA court. There was also a new structure around the FBI’s use of the provision and several explicit oversight provisions to try to claw back congressional visibility. But House Democrats and several hardliners almost immediately expressed dissatisfaction with the proposal, specifically the warrant provision, which multiple people told me applied to targeting, not necessarily all database searches. In other words, the government can still act without a warrant if the person is a foreign agent, tied to a crime, or under other existing FISA authorities. This was a nonstarter for many members of the same group Johnson had been bargaining with for days. And within hours, the House had resumed the gridlock the speaker thought he had resolved. To be clear, this debate wasn’t just a typical right-flank negotiation over how far to push policy. It reflected the fundamental divide over the surveillance authority itself. And instead of working to narrow that gap early, Johnson has let it spill into a late-stage scramble, canceling and postponing votes before trying again in the middle of the night. “Nancy Pelosi would have never done this,” a House Democratic aide texted me, referring The Senate path forward Most senators went home for the weekend after the final vote of the week on Thursday afternoon, a signal of the little confidence they had that their GOP colleagues would make enough progress on a resolution to justify sticking around on a scheduled fly-out day. Senate Majority Leader John Thune told me that the sooner the Senate received the bill from the House, the more likely it would be to process it quickly and readily. He was hesitant to take any options off the table, including a short-term funding patch if Johnson and the White House were unable to reach a deal with the Freedom Caucus. But the South Dakota Republican acknowledged that almost any option they chose would require a time agreement to bypass the Senate’s traditional rules that allow for lengthy, unlimited speeches. “At some point, it’s going to be a consent exercise. We’re going to need some cooperation to get it done before things go dark on the 20th,” Thune said. “I hope we have that level of cooperation, but we aren’t going to know that for sure until the House processes and sends it to us.” The Senate will meet this morning to formally receive the bill. Thune could possibly set up the first procedural vote if no senators object on the floor. It’s worth noting the House approved a significant piece of must-pass legislation with sweeping national security implications in the dark of night, weeks after conservatives slammed senators for passing a bipartisan deal to fund DHS, minus ICE and CBP. This place is full of ironies, I tell you. Happenings All times Eastern The House is out. The Senate is in at 10 a.m. The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies will hold a markup at 8 a.m. on the FY27 MilCon-VA funding bill. The House Education and Workforce Committee will hold a hearing at 9 a.m. with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on HHS’s policies and priorities. The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government will hold a markup of the FY27 FSGG funding bill. The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense will hold a budget hearing at 9:30 a.m. in the National Guard and Reserve Forces. Editor’s note: After a 2 a.m. adjournment and canceled floor votes, Friday’s committee schedule remains in flux. As of publication, these hearings and markups are still on the books. ● ● ● ● ○ Read All About It “It’s not just Iran. Trump is flailing on multiple fronts” by Jonathan Lemire: “The president is on a losing streak, and even some of his aides are dismayed by his choices.” “Trump picked the wrong pope to bully” by Ed Kilgore: “Pope Leo is very popular, even among Catholic conservatives who strongly disliked his predecessor.” “What brought down Eric Swalwell” by Jon Allsop: “How the attention economy produced a moment of congressional reckoning.”

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RFK Jr. heads to Capitol Hill for high-stakes hearings

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on Capitol Hill on May 20, 2025. Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images 👋🏾 Hi, hey, hello! It’s Thursday morning. Thank you for waking up to Congress Nerd Sunrise. Shout out to my girl A’ja Wilson, who signed a new deal with the defending WNBA champion Las Vegas Aces on Wednesday in the largest contract in the league’s 30-year history. Wilson’s contract is one of the first major contracts under the WNBA’s new collective bargaining agreement, which dramatically raised salaries and tied them more directly to league revenue—a structural shift that made a deal like this possible. When I saw the news, I flashed back to my interview with Wilson in 2024 at the White House during the Aces’ visit after their second championship. She expressed her gratitude for the increased visibility of the gender pay gap, but the star forward encouraged fans and decision-makers to continue the conversation beyond a few news cycles. “I hope that it’s not just a trend that just sounds good right now and people just want to talk about it,” Wilson, who also lists an Olympic gold medal and New York Times bestseller on her résumé, said. “I would much rather people be about it and invest and support. At the end of the day, put your money where your mouth is and really try to make those changes.” Looks like the league took heed and her pockets are much deeper because of it. 📌 New this morning: RFK Jr. heads to Capitol Hill for high-stakes hearings … How Pressley persuaded Republicans to join her Haiti TPS discharge petition 📬 Get in touch: michael@onceuponahill.com ○ ● ● ● ● FIRST THINGS FIRST The path to FISA reauthorization still looks murky: House Republican leaders on Wednesday morning canceled a procedural vote to set up debate and final passage on an extension of the Section 702 spy powers under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act after conservative hardliners threatened to prevent the measure from floor consideration. The White House and GOP leadership, which are pushing for a clean 18-month extension of the government’s authority to collect foreign intelligence by surveilling non-Americans abroad without a warrant, spent the day negotiating with the holdouts who are seeking new limits on surveillance, including requiring a warrant before searching intelligence databases for Americans’ communications that are incidentally collected under the program. It remains to be seen whether an agreement will emerge before Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) reattempts the rule vote. 702 expires on Monday night, leaving the Senate little time to process whatever solution Johnson can pass in the House. Senate Dems deliver firm rebuke of Israel: 80% of the Senate Democratic Caucus voted on Wednesday night to block arms sales to Israel. The two votes were forced by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who said after that they signal a growing willingness among Senate Democrats to break with the long-standing norm of largely unconditional U.S. military support for Israel and reflect a shift toward greater scrutiny of how that aid is used under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and a changing political dynamic inside the party. 40 Democrats voted against the sale of $151.8 million in 1,000-pound bombs that human rights groups say have been used in strikes that resulted in civilian casualties, including in densely populated areas of Gaza and Beirut and 36 opposed $295 million in bulldozers commonly used by the Israeli military in demolition operations in Gaza, Lebanon and the West Bank. As I reported in Wednesday’s Sunset, the proposed transfers have drawn scrutiny under the Foreign Assistance Act and the Arms Export Control Act, which set conditions on U.S. military assistance. Meeks’ Iran WPR could go either way: House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) told me Wednesday afternoon that he was still working to nail down the final votes for his War Powers Resolution to limit President Donald Trump’s military authority in Iran. He said the outcome of today’s vote remains uncertain, as several Republicans have yet to lock in their positions, leaving it effectively a toss-up. The Senate failed for the fourth time to begin debate on a separate War Powers Resolution in a 47–52 tally. Like what you’re reading? Subscribe to Congress Nerd Sunset for nightly editions with original reporting and smart analysis on what really mattered on the Hill and beyond—delivered straight to your inbox, no algorithms and no paywalls. ● ○ ● ● ● HEALTH CARE RFK Jr. heads to Capitol Hill for high-stakes hearings Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will face lawmakers in two separate and highly anticipated hearings this morning, where he’s expected to face intense scrutiny of his leadership of the principal federal agency responsible for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services. RFK Jr. will first appear before the House Ways and Means Committee, which has jurisdiction over the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, before testifying this afternoon in front of the House Appropriations panel responsible for funding his agency. The former environmental lawyer entered office as a polarizing figure who brought years of vaccine skepticism and anti-establishment politics into a job traditionally grounded in scientific consensus, then used the office to remake federal health policy in ways critics say undermine that consensus. Since taking over, he has moved to narrow vaccine recommendations, replaced the CDC’s outside vaccine advisers with picks seen as more aligned with his views, and presided over deep staffing cuts and restructuring across the federal health bureaucracy. Those moves have drawn lawsuits, alarm from mainstream medical groups and criticism from former public health officials, while supporters see him as challenging a public health establishment they no longer trust. Eden Giagnorio, the top spokesperson at 314 Action, an advocacy group focused on recruiting, training, and electing Democrats with backgrounds in science to public office, told me she’d like to see members challenge RFK Jr. about his changes to the vaccine schedule and the vacancies in key positions within the department. “Children are dying. Measles outbreaks are continuing to spread. Voters across the political spectrum are concerned about this,” she said. “We also don’t have a CDC director or Surgeon General. We haven’t for over a year now. He needs to answer for that, and the deeper cuts he’s making to [the National Institutes of Health].” 314 Action Executive Director Eric Polyak said the administration’s disinvestment in scientific research is salient to everyday Americans, who tend to support this funding because they see it as driving medical breakthroughs, economic growth and national security while improving quality of life. “I wouldn’t be surprised if he gets some blowback from Republican members too on some of the cuts to research,” he told me. “We’ve already seen some of that already with the NIH budget proposal and such.” ● ● ○ ● ● IMMIGRATION How Pressley persuaded Republicans to join her Haiti TPS discharge petition Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) is on the verge of securing a hard-won victory for the immigrants’ rights movement ahead of a vote today on a bill to extend Temporary Protected Status for Haiti through early 2029. The three-term congresswoman led a discharge petition to force a vote on the issue and secured the support of all Democrats, six Republicans and an independent to clear the final procedural hurdle on Wednesday afternoon. Ahead of the vote, Pressley credited her doggedness and the dedication of her staff, who developed what she described as a robust whip strategy and storytelling campaign. “It’s the anatomy of activism,” she told me. “Because it’s not just about the message, it’s about the most effective messengers for members. And we built a coalition of partners in labor, immigrants, rights advocates, and we’re just leaving nothing to chance here.” Supporters of extending Haitian TPS argue that ongoing violence, political instability and humanitarian crises in the Caribbean nation make it unsafe for people to return, while TPS allows them to live and work in the U.S. until conditions improve. Pressley said that without TPS, hundreds of thousands could lose legal status and work authorization, face possible deportation and disrupt U.S. communities and industries that rely on their labor. “This will separate families and decimate our economy, and I’m very grateful for the Republicans. Again, these are not partisan issues,” she said. “I’m just appealing to people of conscience to not only keep families together, but to do what’s in the best interest of our workforce and our economy. This is the first encouraging step forward and bright spot in a long time on anything in the immigration space.” ● ● ● ○ ● Happenings All times Eastern Floor action The House is in at 10 a.m. and will vote at 11:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. on the FISA reauthorization rule, the Haiti TPS extension bill, the Meeks Iran War Powers Resolution, three Clean Air Act deregulatory measures and a nonbinding resolution expressing support for the tax policies in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The Senate is in at 10 a.m. and will vote at 11 a.m. on a Congressional Review Act disapproval resolution to overturn a 20-year, 225,000-acre mining ban near Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and 1:45 p.m. to limit debate on the nomination of Andrew Davis to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Texas. Committee hearings The House Ways and Means Committee will hold a hearing at 9 a.m. with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies will hold a budget hearing at 10 a.m. with the Army Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation. The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Department of Homeland Security will hold a budget hearing at 10 a.m. on CBP, ICE and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense will hold a budget hearing at 10 a.m. on the U.S. Army. The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions will hold a hearing at 10 a.m. on promoting access to credit for everyday Americans. The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy will hold a hearing on the FY27 Energy Department budget. The Senate Budget Committee will hold a hearing at 10 a.m. on President Trump’s FY27 budget proposal. The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee will hold a hearing at 10 a.m. on how competition can lower drug prices. The House Administration Committee will hold an oversight hearing at 10:15 a.m. with secretaries of state on voter list maintenance and eligibility verification. The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies will hold a budget hearing at 10:30 a.m. on the USDA. The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies will hold a hearing at 11 a.m. on the office of the U.S. Trade Representative. The House China Competition Committee will hold a hearing at 11 a.m. on China’s campaign to steal America’s AI edge. The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere will hold a hearing at 2 p.m. on Latin America following Nicolás Maduro’s fall. The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Department of Homeland Security will hold a budget hearing at 2 p.m. on CISA, TSA, the U.S. Coast Guard, the U.S. Secret Service and FEMA. The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Oversight will hold a hearing at 2 p.m. on sanctuary policies. The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies will hold a hearing at 4 p.m. on the U.S. Forest Service. News events Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) and members of the Texas congressional delegation will hold a press conference at 11 a.m. on immigration enforcement in Big Bend National Park. Rep. Seth Magaziner (D-R.I.) and Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Greg Casar (D-Texas) will hold a press conference at 12 p.m. on guaranteed paid vacation for workers. The House Oversight Subcommittees on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs & Military and Foreign Affairs will hold a roundtable at 2 p.m. on artificial intelligence. Reps. Robin Kelly (D-Ill.), Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), Jennifer McClellan (D-Va.) and Congressional Black Caucus Chair Yvette Clarke (D-N.Y.) will hold a press conference at 2:15 p.m. on Black maternal health. ● ● ● ● ○ Read All About It “It’s not just Iran. Trump is flailing on multiple fronts” by Jonathan Lemire: “The president is on a losing streak, and even some of his aides are dismayed by his choices.” “Trump picked the wrong pope to bully” by Ed Kilgore: “Pope Leo is very popular, even among Catholic conservatives who strongly disliked his predecessor.” “What brought down Eric Swalwell” by Jon Allsop: “How the attention economy produced a moment of congressional reckoning.”

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Underwood isn’t waiting for a Democratic majority on Momnibus

Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-Ill.) speaks during a news conference at the US Capitol on Nov. 5, 2025. Photo by Daniel Heuer/Bloomberg via Getty Images 👋🏾 Hi, hey, hello! It’s Wednesday morning. Thanks for starting your workday with Congress Nerd Sunrise. It’s also Tax Day, and as you’ll see in Happenings, members are flooding the zone with events to promote—or disparage—the tax provisions in the GOP’s signature legislative achievement, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. ☝🏾 First things first: The Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office is investigating former Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) after a Southern California woman accused him of drugging and sexually assaulting her in 2018. Swalwell, who resigned his seat on Tuesday afternoon, is also under investigation by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office for a separate allegation. Former Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) stepped down from Congress on Tuesday amid mounting bipartisan pressure after he admitted to an inappropriate relationship with a staffer who later died by suicide. Both men were at risk of expulsion had they chosen to remain in office. ICYMI: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) told me the House Ethics Committee needed to expedite its probe into whether Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.) failed to properly disclose required information, violated campaign finance laws in his 2022 and 2024 campaigns, improperly solicited or received gifts, got special favors because of his office, engaged in alleged sexual misconduct or dating violence, and misused congressional resources or status. As I reported in Tuesday evening’s Sunset, Jeffries call to quicken the Ethics proceedings involving Mills suggests growing unease with the committee’s slow-moving process and political pressure as misconduct allegations linger. Lawmakers have turned their attention to Mills and Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-Fla.) as the next targets of potential expulsion. Cherfilus-McCormick is facing ethics scrutiny tied largely to federal charges that she stole $5 million in FEMA funding. Jeffries said the caucus will decide in the coming days whether to take a position on expulsion, declining to get ahead of that internal discussion even as some members push for swift action. FISA latest: The House Rules Committee reported a rule late Tuesday night for a clean 18-month extension of Section 702, the controversial provision under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act that allows intelligence agencies to target non-Americans outside the U.S. for foreign intelligence information without a warrant. (Specifically, it forces U.S. companies like Google or Verizon to provide emails, texts, and calls.) While it is designed to protect national security, Section 702 captures incidental communications of Americans, drawing the ire of privacy hawks on both the right and the left, who advocate for limits on data collection and seek to compel the government to obtain a warrant before searching intelligence data for information on U.S. citizens. Section 702 is not permanent and must be renewed by Congress. It was reauthorized in early 2024, but is slated to expire in less than a week. President Donald Trump urged House Republicans to unite behind a clean extension of FISA 702, arguing it is critical to national security and military operations despite his claims of past abuses against him. More than 50 House Democrats sent a letter to congressional leadership urging it to include stronger Fourth Amendment protections in the upcoming reauthorization, including closing data-broker loopholes and requiring warrants. The three House conservatives who sit on Rules and could have blocked the rule, which sets the terms and conditions for floor debate and final passage of a bill, from receiving full consideration this week did not vote (Reps. Chip Roy (R-Texas), Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) and Morgan Griffith (R-W.Va.). But don’t be surprised if the rule fails on the floor later today. House clears aviation safety bill: The House passed the ALERT Act on Tuesday evening in a strong bipartisan 396–10 vote. The sweeping aviation safety bill is a response to the deadly midair collision near Reagan National Airport last year and would mandate new collision-avoidance technology, tighten air traffic control procedures, and overhaul helicopter and airport safety rules. (Rep. Maxine Waters (Calif.) is the only Democrat who voted against the measure.) The vote comes less than a month after the House narrowly rejected the Senate-passed ROTOR Act, which focuses on mandating ADS-B In technology and is backed by NTSB, major pilot unions, and families of the victims of the DCA accident 📌 New this morning: Underwood isn’t waiting on a Democratic majority on Momnibus 📬 Get in touch: michael@onceuponahill.com ○ ● ● HEALTH CARE Underwood isn’t waiting for a Democratic majority on Momnibus Lauren Underwood participated in a discussion on Tuesday afternoon with the left-leaning advocacy group Protect Our Care about her signature legislative proposal: the Momnibus, a package of 14 bills designed to tackle the root causes of maternal mortality, morbidity and disparities. America’s maternal health care crisis has worsened since the Illinois Democrat arrived in Washington in 2018. Affordable Care Act and Medicaid funding have been reduced by more than $1 trillion under Donald Trump and congressional Republicans, affecting programs that cover over 40 percent of births. The changes have coincided with more than 40 maternity care providers closing services, including labor and delivery units, while the expiration of health care tax credits has increased costs and reduced coverage for some women. But against the backdrop of Black Maternal Health Week, and in partnership with lawmakers like Cory Booker (D-N.J.)and Alma Adams (D-N.C.), the Illinois Democrat isn’t waiting for Democrats to win back the majority to advance the agenda she has pursued since arriving in Washington in 2018. “The Black maternal health crisis is not new. We’ve seen disparities for decades. Our colleagues can’t look away when, as a result of these policy choices, more moms are dying,” Underwood said. “And I think everyone in this moment is looking for a solution. How do we make this right? It’s the Momnibus.” Underwood, Booker and Adams reintroduced the package three weeks ago and have attracted 204 cosponsors. Four of the 14 proposals in the Momnibus are bipartisan, and Underwood said she is looking for legislative vehicles on which those measures could potentially ride. She told me she has encouraged colleagues to engage with the Momnibus however they can—whether that means backing one bill or the full slate—while emphasizing that most maternal deaths are preventable and arguing the focus should be on driving that number down to zero. Despite broader cuts proposed by the administration and enacted by congressional Republicans, she said she secured more than $100 million in fiscal year 2026 investments for the policies and plans, leveraging her perch on the powerful House Appropriations Committee to pursue additional funding next fiscal year. “Whatever doesn’t get done this year gets done next year is my point of view,” she said. “And no one’s told me no.” Like what you’re reading? Subscribe to Congress Nerd Sunset for nightly editions with original reporting and smart analysis on what really mattered on the Hill and beyond—delivered straight to your inbox, no algorithms and no paywalls. ● ○ ● HAPPENINGS All times Eastern Floor action The House is in at 10 a.m. with first votes scheduled for 12:30 p.m. and last votes expected at 9:15 p.m. on a series of measures, including the rules for FISA reauthorization, three Clean Air Act bills and a resolution expressing support for the tax policies in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The Senate is in at 10 a.m. and will vote at 2 p.m. on an Iran War Powers Resolution. Committee hearings The House Foreign Affairs East Asia and Pacific Subcommittee will hold a hearing at 10 a.m. on strengthening U.S. commercial diplomacy. The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance will hold a hearing at 10 a.m. on the Second Amendment. The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets will hold a hearing at 10 a.m. on combatting fraud and exploitation in U.S. capital markets. The House Oversight Subcommittee on Government Operations will hold a hearing at 10 a.m. on understanding fraud in federally funded programs run by the states. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will hold a hearing at 10 a.m. on reforming the United Nations. The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee will hold a hearing at 10 a.m. on the Second Amendment. The Senate Commerce Committee will hold an oversight hearing at 10 a.m. on the Federal Trade Commission. The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee will hold a hearing at 10 a.m. on restoring the Great Lakes region. The Senate Finance Committee will hold a hearing at 10 a.m. on the IRS 2026 filing season and IRS operations. The House Budget Committee will hold a hearing at 10:15 a.m. on President Trump’s 2027 budget request with OMB Director Russell Vought. The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Workforce Protections will hold a hearing at 10:15 a.m. on understanding AI’s economic impact on workers and employers. The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health will hold a hearing at 10:15 a.m. on legislative proposals to improve public health. The House Small Business Committee will hold a hearing at 10:30 on the benefits of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Department of Homeland Security will hold a hearing at 11 a.m. on preparations for the FIFA World Cup. The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies will hold a budget hearing at 2 p.m. with Energy Secretary Chris Wright. The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces will hold a hearing at 3 p.m. on 2027 missile defense and missile defeat programs and activities. The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Legislative Branch will meet at 3 p.m. on the 2027 budget request for the Congressional Budget Office, Government Publishing Office and Government Accountability Office. The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness will hold a hearing at 3:30 p.m. on military readiness for FY27. The Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee will hold a hearing at 3:30 p.m. on programs for justice-involved veterans. The Senate Committee on Aging will hold a hearing at 3:30 p.m. on empowering seniors through financial literacy to protect savings, prevent fraud and promote independence. News events House Republicans and Democrats will hold their weekly conference and caucus meetings at 9 a.m. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.), House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), House Republican Conference Chair Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) and House Ways and Means Committee Chair Jason Smith (R-Mo.) will hold a Tax Day press conference at 10 a.m. House Administration Committee Ranking Member Joe Morelle (D-N.Y.) and Reps. Kevin Mullin (D-Calif.), Delia Ramirez (D-Ill.), and Nikema Williams (D-Ga.) will hold a press conference at 10 a.m. to launch a policy task force. Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) will hold a press conference at 10:45 a.m. on Temporary Protective Status for Haiti. House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.) and Vice Chair Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) will hold a post-meeting press conference at 10:45 a.m. Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) will hold a press conference at 12 p.m. on the Equal Tax Act. Reps. Warren Davidson (R-Ohio), Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) and Lauren Boebert will hold a press conference at 12 p.m. on FISA reforms ahead of the reauthorization vote. The Senate Republican Conference will hold a press conference at 2:30 p.m. on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. ● ● ○ READ ALL ABOUT IT “How geography powers Iran’s grip on the Strait of Hormuz, despite U.S. blockade” by Julia Ledur and Dylan Moriarty: “The area’s terrain continues to give Iran control over who crosses—and at what risk—amid a tenuous ceasefire.” “Mom, kids and nowhere to go” by Casey Quinlan: “Family homelessness is spiking just as the Trump administration rolls back social services.” “What the hell happened to Wendy’s?” by Adam Chandler: “How the chain that defined ‘premium simplicity’ lost its way.”

Apr 15, 202612 votes

How Epstein survivors fueled Leger Fernández’s fight against Swalwell, Gonzales

Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), center, and fellow Democratic Women’s Caucus members pose for photos ahead of President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address on Feb. 24, 2026, at the U.S. Capitol. Photo by Kenny Holston/Getty Images. 👋🏾 Hi, hey, hello! It’s Tuesday morning. Thanks for starting your workday with Congress Nerd Sunrise. As a reminder, starting next week, the price of Once Upon a Hill will increase as the newsletter continues to grow and deepen its reporting on Congress and national politics. You can subscribe at the current rate of $7/month or $70/year through April 19. In addition to the free morning newsletter, you’ll also get my premium evening briefing unpacking the power plays, procedural moves and political undercurrents shaping Congress—with original reporting, sharp analysis and insider context you won’t get anywhere else. Think of it as a smart exhale after a long Hill day. ☝🏾Heads up: Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) is set to meet with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) today as the two Republican leaders try to break an intraparty impasse that has stretched the Department of Homeland Security shutdown to nearly 60 days. As I reported in last evening’s Sunset, the standoff reflects a growing split between Senate Republicans, who already cleared a bipartisan deal to fund most DHS agencies before the Easter recess, and House conservatives, who are refusing to go along without concrete movement on a broader reconciliation package that would fund the department through the end of President Donald Trump’s second term. In the meantime, the administration has been relying on funds from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act to continue paying DHS workers, buying time but not resolving the underlying dispute. 📌 New this morning: How Epstein survivors fueled Leger Fernández’s fight against Swalwell, Gonzales … White House touts ‘no tax on tips’ as Democrats warn it won’t last … Thune sidelines Planned Parenthood fight in reconciliation bill. 📬 Get in touch:michael@onceuponahill.com ○ ● ● ● ● FIRST THINGS FIRST How Epstein survivors fueled Leger Fernández’s fight against Swalwell, Gonzales Democratic Women’s Caucus Chair Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) moved within hours of the sexual assault allegations against Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) last Friday, calling for an investigation and backing the accusers—an early intervention that quickly escalated into bipartisan pressure culminating in the resignations of Swalwell and Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas), who recently admitted to an affair with a staffer who later died by self-immolation. The episode underscores how the DWC has asserted itself as a key enforcer of accountability in misconduct cases, pushing leadership and rank-and-file Democrats to act swiftly even when it involves their own. Their response mirrors the caucus’s broader focus on survivor advocacy, including its work around survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual violence, and signals a more aggressive posture toward policing member conduct in a volatile political environment. Leger Fernández told me in a statement that Gonzales and Swalwell’s resignations—and an expulsion resolution she plans to introduce if Gonzales’s resignation is not immediately effective—are critical, arguing that members who demand accountability for the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and his co-conspirators must also hold their colleagues accountable for abusing women. “The reality is women have been abused and used for way too long. Men have relied on the silence of women to get away with this abuse. I need to honor the Epstein survivors because they refused to be silenced,” she said. “We are demanding to hold these two congressmen accountable in the context of objecting to the way powerful men treated the Epstein survivors.” The DWC has spent the past year centering the Epstein survivors through a mix of legislation, advocacy and public pressure—from backing the bipartisan push to release FBI files and hosting a Capitol Hill vigil to elevating survivors at the State of the Union and pressing the Justice Department for a fuller accounting of the case. ● ○ ● ● ● ECONOMY White House touts ‘no tax on tips’ as Democrats warn it won’t last The White House leaned into its working-class tax message Monday when it staged a photo op with President Donald Trump and Sharon, a DoorDash driver who said she received $11,000 under the “no tax on tips” provision in the GOP’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act—money she said she used to help pay for her husband’s cancer treatment. The event is part of a broader Republican push during tax week to highlight provisions in the party’s signature legislative achievement ahead of the 2026 midterms. Trump is set to travel to Arizona and Nevada to promote deductions for tips, overtime pay and auto loan interest—policies aimed squarely at service workers and middle-income voters. The House is also expected to vote this week on a nonbinding resolution backing those measures. Democrats, however, argue the benefits are short-lived compared to the law’s permanent tax cuts for corporations and high earners. “It is temporary relief for a long term problem,” a House Democratic aide told me. “But their Big Ugly Bill tax breaks were permanent for the wealthy, proving they have the power to do so.” Several of the worker-focused provisions—including the capped deductions for tips, overtime and auto loan interest, along with a new senior deduction—are set to expire after 2028. By contrast, core elements of the 2017 tax framework, including the 21% corporate rate, expanded business deductions and lower individual tax rates, were made permanent under the new law. Sen. Ron Wyden, the top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, told me Democrats will push to extend those provisions when they regain power. “I’m for giving these workers permanent relief,” he said. “I’d like to go broader in terms of getting relief for these workers. Like what you’re reading? Subscribe to Congress Nerd Sunset for nightly editions with original reporting and smart analysis on what really mattered on the Hill and beyond—delivered straight to your inbox, no algorithms and no paywalls. ● ● ○ ● ● HEALTH CARE Thune sidelines Planned Parenthood fight in reconciliation bill Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) on Monday downplayed any immediate effort to extend Republicans’ one-year cutoff of federal Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood and signaled the issue won’t be a priority in the party’s upcoming reconciliation bill focused on immigration enforcement. “That was something that we worked long and hard to get done last year, and we are very committed to that objective and end, and we’ll see how best to accommodate it,” Thune told reporters, adding that the next reconciliation package “has to be very narrow and tight” to move quickly and comply with Senate rules. “The goal…is to deal with the border on this recon bill, try and keep it as neat and tight as possible.” The comments suggest GOP leaders are wary of overloading the bill as they try to secure funding for ICE and CBP, even as conservative lawmakers push to make the Planned Parenthood restriction permanent. The provision, included in the OBBBA, blocks Medicaid reimbursements to certain reproductive health providers for one year starting last July 4—including for non-abortion services like cancer screenings, STI testing and contraception. It applies to large nonprofit providers that offer abortion services and receive more than $800,000 in Medicaid funding, effectively targeting Planned Parenthood affiliates. The policy has been tied up in court since enactment. A federal judge initially blocked it, but the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit allowed it to take effect last fall, and it remains in place for many providers after Planned Parenthood dropped some legal challenges earlier this year. Republicans are expected to revisit the issue in another legislative vehicle later this year. ● ● ● ○ ● HAPPENINGS All times Eastern — Floor action: The House will meet at 12 p.m. and vote at 6:30 p.m. on a slate of suspension bills, including several post-office-naming measures, a sweeping aviation safety bill, and measures to make it easier for farmers and landowners to access upfront federal funds to recover from disasters. The Senate is in at 10 a.m. and will vote at 11:30 a.m. to confirm John Shepherd to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas and to limit debate on the nomination of Christopher Wolfe to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Texas. Following the cloture vote on the Wolfe nomination, the Senate will recess until 2:15 p.m. for each party’s weekly policy lunch, after which the Senate will vote to confirm the Wolfe nomination. — Committee hearings: The House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health will hold a field hearing at the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine at 9 a.m. on empowering Americans to live healthier lives. The Senate Commerce Committee will meet at 10 a.m. to consider several bills, including a bipartisan proposal from Sens. Katie Britt (R-Ala.) and John Fetterman (D-Pa.) to require social media platforms to warn users of potential mental health risks whenever a user opens an app or site. The panel will also consider a bipartisan bill by Sens. John Hoeven (R-N.D.) and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) to modernize FAA mental health regulations so that pilots and air traffic controllers can seek mental health care without stigma or fear of career loss. The House Rules Committee will meet at 4 p.m. to prepare several bills for floor consideration, including a clean 18-month extension of FISA Section 702, a nonbinding resolution backing the tax provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, and three measures to deregulate the Clean Air Act. — News events: Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) will lead a National Commemoration of the Days of Remembrance Congressional Gold Medal presentation at 10:30 a.m. Senate Minority Whip and Senate Judiciary Chair Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) will hold a press conference at 12 p.m. on Section 230 and Big Tech accountability. President Trump will meet at 1:30 p.m. at the White House with Speaker Johnson and National Republican Congressional Committee Chair Richard Hudson (R-N.C.). He will meet at 3 p.m. with Teamsters President Sean O’Brien, participate in a pre-taped interview with Fox host Maria Bartiromo at 4 p.m. and meet with U.S. Ambassador to China David Perdue at 5:30 p.m. ● ● ● ● ○ READ ALL ABOUT IT “JD Vance had a vision for the world. Trump is wrecking it.” by Zack Beauchamp: “The vice president’s disastrous week reveals that he’s in a trap of his own making.” “The death of the basic American car” by Clifford Winston: “This is how cars got so ridiculously, forbiddingly expensive.” “The internet’s most powerful archiving tool is in peril” by Kate Knibbs: “As major outlets cut off the Wayback Machine, journalists and advocacy groups are rallying to protect the Internet Archive’s vast collection of web pages.”

Apr 14, 202620 votes

How Epstein survivors fueled Leger Fernández’s fight against Swalwell, Gonzales

Apr 14, 202617 votes

How Epstein survivors fueled Leger Fernández’s fight against Swalwell, Gonzales

Apr 14, 202614 votes

House floor braces for expulsion votes

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.), former gubernatorial candidate, speaks at a town hall meeting in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, April 7, 2026. Photo by Rich Pedroncelli/AP 👋🏾 Hi, hey, hello! It’s Monday morning. Thanks for starting your workday with Congress Nerd Sunrise. Starting next week, the price of Once Upon a Hill will increase as the newsletter continues to grow and deepen its reporting on Congress and national politics. You can subscribe at the current rate of $7/month or $70/year through April 19. In addition to the free morning newsletter, you’ll also get my premium evening briefing unpacking the power plays, procedural moves and political undercurrents shaping Congress—with original reporting, sharp analysis and insider context you won’t get anywhere else. Think of it as a smart exhale after a long Hill day. 🚨 Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) suspended his campaign for governor of California on Sunday evening, two nights after a woman alleged in a bombshell report that Swalwell sexually assaulted her twice, including once in 2019 when she worked for him and again in 2024. Hours later, four women alleged sexual misconduct by Swalwell, including a former staffer who said he raped her. “To my family, staff, friends, and supporters, I am deeply sorry for mistakes in judgment I’ve made in my past,” Swalwell said. “I will fight the serious, false allegations that have been made—but that’s my fight, not a campaign’s.” Swalwell, as you’ll read below in First Things First, is under intense pressure from an ever-growing bipartisan group of House members to resign from Congress or face the possibility of expulsion. 📌 New this morning: House floor braces for expulsion votes … Jeffries hits Virginia to boost redistricting referendum … CBC-aligned PAC spends in key California race 📬 Get in touch: michael@onceuponahill.com ○ ● ● ● ● FIRST THINGS FIRST House floor braces for expulsion votes The fallout from sexual assault allegations against Eric Swalwell is intensifying, with potential to disrupt not just his gubernatorial campaign but House floor activity this week. House Republican leadership hopes to vote this week on an 18-month extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which permits the collection of communications of non-Americans abroad for counterterrorism, counterintelligence, and cybersecurity, along with three bills to roll back Clean Air Act regulations. Meanwhile, Democrats are preparing to force votes requiring President Trump to withdraw from the war in Iran absent explicit congressional authorization or a clear case of imminent self-defense, and on legislation directing the Department of Homeland Security to designate Haiti for Temporary Protected Status through early 2029. At the same time, the House has yet to pass the bipartisan Senate agreement to reopen all non-ICE and non-CBP DHS agencies, pushing the shutdown into its 58th day. But Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) has said she will file expulsion resolutions against Swalwell and Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas), who acknowledged last month that he had an affair with a staffer who later died by suicide. Her move could set off a domino effect. Lawmakers may also weigh action against Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.), who is under an ethics investigation into allegations of fraud and misconduct, and Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-Fla.), who was recently found guilty by the House Ethics Committee on multiple federal charges tied to FEMA funds and campaign finance violations. A senior House Democratic aide had a simple response when I asked if they thought the floor would be consumed with expulsion votes: “No.” ● ○ ● ● ● CAMPAIGNS Jeffries hits Virginia to boost redistricting referendum House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) spent the weekend traveling across Virginia to get out the vote as residents decide in an April 21 referendum whether to amend the state constitution to allow mid-decade congressional redistricting—an action normally taken once every 10 years after the census. If approved, the measure would empower the Democratic-controlled General Assembly to redraw the state’s congressional map now and use those new lines for upcoming elections. The change would be temporary, potentially netting Democrats up to four seats in the midterms. (The current bipartisan redistricting system would return after the 2030 census.) The referendum is part of a broader national redistricting arms race, with Democrats arguing they are responding to GOP-led map redraws in states like Texas, North Carolina, Missouri and possibly Florida. Republican-aligned opponents are targeting Black voters and accusing Richmond politicians of a power grab to rig maps and divide communities of color. Jeffries attended two Black churches in the metropolitan Richmond area with Rep. Jennifer McClellan (D-Va.) on Sunday morning, followed by a canvass launch and rally in predominantly Black neighborhoods in the Richmond suburbs. They also hosted a roundtable with HBCU students from Virginia State University and Virginia Union University to educate young people about the referendum. “They’re trying to confuse Black voters,” a person helping turn out voters for the referendum told me. “And we are using every tool at our disposal.” On Saturday, Jeffries also joined a canvass kickoff hosted by the Charlottesville Democrats in Central Virginia and led a rally with Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) and hundreds of people in Charlottesville. Polling on the referendum is tight and inconsistent, with surveys showing anything from slight support to slight opposition depending on wording. Like what you’re reading? Subscribe to Congress Nerd Sunset for nightly editions with original reporting and smart analysis on what really mattered on the Hill and beyond—delivered straight to your inbox, no algorithms and no paywalls. ● ● ○ ● ● CAMPAIGNS CBC-aligned PAC spends in key California race Rolling Sea Action Fund—a PAC aligned with the Congressional Black Caucus—is spending $200,000 to boost Lauren Babb Tomlinson in California’s 6th Congressional District, according to a person familiar with the group’s plans. The investment comes at a consequential moment for the caucus, which now has the largest membership in its 55-year history but faces mounting political pressure. CBC allies are defending incumbents drawn into more competitive terrain by Republican gerrymanders in Texas, North Carolina and Missouri, while also bracing for a potential Supreme Court ruling in Louisiana v. Callais that could weaken or eliminate Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. At the same time, some members have drawn primary challenges from the left, as seen in last month’s race involving Rep. Valerie Foushee (D-N.C.). But given the potential of a blue wave, CBC allies see the race as a key opportunity to elect a Black woman this cycle. “This is a coordinated effort to dilute Black representation on multiple fronts,” the person familiar said. “We will forcefully protect and expand the progress our community has made.” I first reported the investment last week while Congress Nerd was on hiatus. Babb Tomlinson, a Planned Parenthood advocacy executive, could be the only Black woman competing in a top-tier House race this cycle. If she advances from California’s June jungle primary, she would likely face Rep. Kevin Kiley. Kiley recently said he would run in the redrawn 6th District rather than seek re-election in his current seat, which is shedding Republican-leaning suburbs and exurbs in Placer County while taking in more Democratic-leaning areas from Sacramento and its inner suburbs. Those GOP-leaning areas will shift into neighboring districts, including the 4th. Kiley also changed his voter registration to independent while continuing to caucus with Republicans. ● ● ● ○ ● HAPPENINGS All times Eastern Floor action The House is out. The Senate is in at 3 p.m. and will vote at 5:30 p.m. to limit debate on John Shepherd to be the U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas. Committee hearings The U.S. Helsinki Commission will receive a briefing at 2 p.m. on Vatican diplomacy in the age of estrangement, power politics and war. News events President Trump will participate in signing time at 2 p.m., a policy meeting at 4 p.m., a greeting with King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima Zorreguieta of the Netherlands at 7 p.m. and a dinner with the king and queen at 7:45 p.m. ● ● ● ● ○ READ ALL ABOUT IT “Donald Trump’s incompetence is costing him the country” by Matt Bai: “An unpopular war, skyrocketing gas prices, unsteady financial markets, a cabinet filled with sycophants—the president’s colossal missteps have led to calamity at home and abroad.” “Am I too poor to have a baby?” by Sigal Samuel: “How society convinced us that childbearing is morally wrong without a fat budget.” “The looming college-enrollment death spiral” by Jeffrey Selingo: “After many decades of democratization, higher education could once again become a luxury good.”

Apr 13, 202620 votes

House floor braces for expulsion votes

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