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Weekly Legislative Update: August 11, 2025

Congressional Schedule: August 11-15, 2025

Floor Action: House and Senate are in recess until the week of September 2.


Bills Introduced: August 4-8, 2025

Child Care 

H.R. 4912—Rep. Nikema Williams (D-GA)/House Administration (08/05/2025)—A bill to provide for the treatment of payments for child care and other personal use services as an authorized campaign expenditure, and for other purposes. Cosponsors: 33 Democrats, 0 Republicans 

Judiciary

H. Res. 635—Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL)/Judiciary (08/05/2025)—A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Ghislaine Maxwell should not receive a pardon, commutation, or other form of clemency from the President of the United States. Cosponsors: 8 Democrats, 0 Republicans

Reproductive Health 

H.R. 4888—Rep. Julie Johnson (D-TX)/Foreign Affairs (08/05/2025)—A bill to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require a section on reproductive rights in the Annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, and for other purposes. Cosponsors: 47 Democrats, 0 Republicans 

Women’s History  

H.R. 4901—Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY)/Financial Services; House Administration (08/05/2025)—A bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the brave women who served in World War II as members of the U.S. Army Nurse Corps and U.S. Navy Nurse Corps. Cosponsors: 1 Democrat, 1 Republican 

H.R. 4919—Rep. Elijah Crane (R-AZ)/Oversight and Government Reform (08/08/2025)—A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 765 West Old Route 66 in Ash Fork, Arizona, as the “Fayrene Hume Post Office.” Cosponsors: 0 Democrats, 2 Republicans