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Will the Senate Squeeze the House in September?

While the House is in recess, work on time-sensitive appropriations is continuing in the upper chamber.
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on July 22, 2025. (Photo by Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)

Six-and-a-half months into the 119th Congress, it’s clear that the Senate has been the chamber to determine how and when legislation moves through the legislative branch—as well as what it looks like.

Just look at the major party-line legislation Congress has passed thus far. The prime example is the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

Charles Hilu is a reporter for The Dispatch based in Washington, D.C. Before joining the company in 2024, he was the Collegiate Network Fellow at the Washington Free Beacon and interned at both National Review and the Washington Examiner. When he is not chasing down lawmakers on Capitol Hill, he is probably listening to show tunes or following the premier sports teams of the University of Michigan and city of Detroit.

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