Jim Risch

A budget reconciliation package covering immigration enforcement and law enforcement spending. Passage followed two days of votes on dozens of amendments. The bill now goes to the House.

A tie vote on whether to take up a measure about the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's withdrawn rule on medical-debt collection. Rejected 50–50.

Confirmed Kevin Warsh to lead the Federal Reserve, the body that sets interest rates that shape mortgage rates, credit card rates, and inflation policy. The Fed chair is one of the most consequential economic confirmation votes the Senate takes.

Sets Congress's overall budget plan for fiscal year 2026 and spending levels through 2035. A budget resolution is a blueprint, not a spending law, but it unlocks the reconciliation process that lets the majority pass certain bills with a simple Senate majority.

Repeals a federal order that had withdrawn lands in northern Minnesota (near the Boundary Waters) from new mining. One of the closest votes of the year and a flashpoint between mining jobs and wilderness protection.

Would have started debate on repealing the Department of Veterans Affairs rule that allows VA facilities to provide certain reproductive health services, including abortion counseling and abortions in limited cases. The Senate declined to take it up by two votes.

Confirmed Markwayne Mullin as Secretary of Homeland Security, the department that runs immigration enforcement, border security, and disaster response.

A broadly bipartisan bill aimed at increasing the supply of housing in the U.S. The Senate passed it 89–10. One of the few major bipartisan economic bills of the year, at a time when housing costs are a top voter concern.

Temporarily reopened the government after a 6-week shutdown in late 2025. Passed 217-212 in the House.

Cut $9.4 billion in already-approved spending — $8.3B from foreign aid and $1.1B from public broadcasting. Codified DOGE's proposed cuts into law. Passed 214-212.

Massive reconciliation bill making Trump-era tax cuts permanent, raising the debt ceiling by $5 trillion, and cutting Medicaid. Passed by 1 vote in both chambers (215-214 House, 51-50 Senate with VP tiebreaker).

Creates federal rules for stablecoins (crypto tokens pegged to the dollar). The only bipartisan bill in the package — but the President's family runs a stablecoin company that would be regulated under this law.

Kept the government funded temporarily after Congress couldn't agree on a full budget. Passed 217-213 in the House.

The Senate version of the House resolution, introduced by Sen. Tim Kaine (D) with Sen. Rand Paul (R) as an original co-sponsor. It was blocked on March 4, 2026, largely along party lines — with Rand Paul voting for it and Sen. John Fetterman voting against it. Because the resolution was stuck in committee, Kaine had to use a procedural "motion to discharge" to force it to the floor — and that motion itself failed, meaning the full Senate never even got a direct vote on the substance.

The full federal budget for 2026. Passed by razor-thin margins after months of shutdowns and stopgap bills. The full federal budget for 2026. Passed by razor-thin margins after months of shutdowns and stopgap bills.

The second impeachment (2021): incitement of insurrection for his role in the January 6 Capitol attack. Passed with 10 Republican votes — the most bipartisan impeachment in history.

Second article from the first impeachment (2019): obstruction of Congress for blocking witnesses and documents from the investigation.

First article from the first impeachment (2019): abuse of power for pressuring Ukraine to investigate a political rival while withholding military aid.