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Below is this week’s congressional update by BakerHostetler’s <a href="https://www.bakerlaw.com/services/federal-policy/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Federal Policy</a> team. We’ll continue to post in weeks when both chambers of Congress are in session.

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Congressional Republicans are trying to finalize reconciliation legislation and separately extend Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Section 702 authority.

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President Donald Trump will attend Game 3 of the NBA Finals.

The Congressional Baseball Game is <a href="https://www.congressionalbaseball.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">scheduled</a> for Wednesday.

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The House will hold floor <a href="https://www.majorityleader.gov/schedule/weekly-schedule.htm" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">votes</a> tonight through Thursday, including on final passage of budget reconciliation <a href="https://www.congress.gov/119/bills/s2/BILLS-119s2pcs.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">legislation</a> to fund immigration enforcement.

The Science, Space, and Technology Committee will <a href="https://science.house.gov/2026/6/full-committee-hearing-doe-budget-hearing" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">host</a> Secretary of Energy Chris Wright on Wednesday.

The Ways and Means Committee will hold a <a href="https://waysandmeans.house.gov/event/full-committee-legislative-hearing-on-digital-asset-taxation/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">hearing</a> tomorrow on digital asset taxation.

The full schedule of House committee activity can be found <a href="https://www.house.gov/legislative-activity" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>.

The Senate is <a href="https://punchbowl.news/archive/6826-am/card/10/#group-10" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">struggling</a> to reauthorize FISA Section 702.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins will <a href="https://www.agriculture.senate.gov/hearings/oversight-of-the-us-department-of-agriculture-06-10-2026" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">testify</a> Wednesday before the Agriculture Committee.

The Banking Committee will hold a <a href="https://www.banking.senate.gov/hearings/ai-and-the-american-dream-promoting-innovation-affordability-and-american-dominance" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">hearing</a> Thursday titled “AI and the American Dream.”

The full list of Senate committee meetings can be found <a href="https://www.senate.gov/committees/hearings_meetings.htm" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>.

Trump will <a href="https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/48988751/knicks-warn-stepped-security-fans-amid-trump-g3-attendance" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">attend</a> Game 3 of the NBA Finals tonight at Madison Square Garden.

The White House faces a renewed <a href="https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/iran-fires-missiles-at-israel-after-israeli-airstrike-on-beirut-a93b4da7" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">challenge</a> in the Middle East with Israel and Iran exchanging missile fire.

Sunday, Trump will <a href="https://www.ufc.com/event/ufc-freedom-250" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">host</a> a UFC fight at the White House.

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