Floor Action: The House and Senate are in session this week.
Appropriations – This week, the House is expected to consider the FY2026 Financial Services and General Government spending bill as part of a minibus (as-yet-unnumbered). The legislation includes funding for women-owned business programs at the Small Business Administration.
Child Care– On Tuesday, the House will vote on H.R. 2270, the Empowering Child and Elder Care Solutions Act.
Child Protection– On Monday, the House will vote on H.R. 6715, the Child Predators Accountability Act; H.R. 6719, the Combating Online Predators Act, and H.R. 6732, the Coercion and Sexual Abuse Free Environment Act.
Women’s History– On Tuesday, the House will vote on H.R. 1461, a bill to designate a United States Postal Service Office in Sewickley, Pennsylvania, as the ‘‘Mary Elizabeth ‘Bettie’ Cole Post Office Building.”
Mark-Ups:
Sports- On Tuesday, the House Judiciary Committee will consider a number of bills, including H.R. 1028, the Protection of Women in Olympic and Amateur Sports Act.
Veterans– On Wednesday, the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee will consider a number of bills, including H.R. 2148, the Veteran Caregiver Reeducation, Reemployment, and Retirement Act, and H.R. 3482, the Veterans Community Care Scheduling Improvement Act.
Hearings:
Abortion– The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee will hold a hearing on “Protecting Women: Exposing the Dangers of Chemical Abortion Drugs.”
Child Care– On Tuesday, the House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education will hold a hearing on “Who’s Watching the Kids? How Employers, Innovators, and Parents are Solving America’s Child Care Crunch.”
Child Protection
H.R. 7002—Rep. Hillary Scholten (D-MI)/Education and Workforce (1/09/2026)—A bill to provide for enhanced penalties for child labor violations. Cosponsors: 1 Republican, 6 Democrats
Civil Rights
H.R. 7005—Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ)/Judiciary (1/09/2026)—A bill to prohibit discrimination in public accommodations on the basis of sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation, and for other purposes. Cosponsors: 0 Republicans, 15 Democrats
Judiciary
H.R. 6972—Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R-PA)/Energy and Commerce (1/07/2026)—A bill to require grant recipients to comply with all applicable State and local laws requiring notification or reporting of child abuse, child molestation, sexual abuse, rape, incest, intimate partner violence, or human trafficking, and for other purposes. Cosponsors: 10 Republicans. 0 Democrats
S. Con. Res. 25—Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)/Judiciary (1/08/2026)—A concurrent resolution recognizing the 15th Anniversary of the January 8, 2011, Tucson, Arizona, shooting and honoring the survivors, victims, and former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, a gun violence survivor, and one of the Nation’s most influential voices of courage in the fight to end gun violence. Cosponsors: 0 Republicans, 35 Democrats, and 1 Independent
H. Con. Res. 69—Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL)/Oversight andGovernmentReform (1/08/2026)—A concurrent resolution recognizing the 15th Anniversary of the January 8, 2011, Tucson, Arizona, shooting and honoring the survivors, victims, and former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, a gun violence survivor, and one of the Nation’s most influential voices of courage in the fight to end gun violence. Cosponsors: 1 Republican, 200 Democrats
Reproductive Health
H.R. 6945—Rep. Michelle Fischbach (R-MN)/Ways and Means (1/06/2026)—A bill to clarify the authority of States to use funds for pregnancy centers, and for other purposes. Cosponsors: 3 Republicans, 0 Democrats
Tax Policy
S. 3596—Sen. Margaret Hassan (D-NH)/Finance (1/08/2026)—A bill to modify earned income threshold for the refundable child tax credit. Cosponsors: 1 Republican, 0 Democrats
