Govbase — What the Government Is Doing

The Speaker Johnson breaks House floor standoff by attaching SAVE Act to appropriations bill14 policies · 108 articlesSAVE Act requires voters to show physical proof of citizenship, like a birth certificate, to register for federal elections. House Republicans passed it in April 2025, but it is stalled in the Senate, and members are now blocking other legislation to force a vote before the October funding deadline. Trump shrank the Trump reduces Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument by 90 percent1 policy · 3 articlesGrand Staircase-Escalante National Monument by 1.69 million acres, opening that land to mining and oil drilling while removing federal protection from thousands of tribal cultural sites. Senator Lindsey Graham Darline Graham Nordone to be sworn in as successor to late Senator Lindsey Graham1 policy · 244 articlesdied July 12 at age 71 from a heart-related illness, leaving the Senate Budget Committee without a chair and delaying votes on military aid and sanctions. The Rubio Pledges to Dismantle the International Criminal Court1 policy · 11 articlesDepartment of Justice formally rejected ICC jurisdiction over U.S. citizens, announcing the U.S. will no longer honor extradition requests or participate in ICC investigations.