The Senate remains in its August recess, but the House has returned to Washington.
On Tuesday, the House passed a continuing resolution—which we recently discussed here—to fund the government through December 11, 2026, in a vote of 370-48. The continuing resolution freezes appropriations spending at current levels and takes another government shutdown off the table before November. The Senate had already approved the measure last month; it now goes to President Trump.
The House also adopted H. Res. 1490, a resolution condemning and denouncing socialism in all its forms. The vote passed with a slim margin at 220-192, with eight Democrats joining all Republicans in supporting the resolution and 192 Democrats opposed.
Conservatives are wise to pay attention: Socialism is on the rise. A recent poll found that roughly half of Americans 18 to 34 years old view socialism positively.
Finally, the House voted on H.J. Res. 1 to propose an amendment to the Constitution to freeze the number of Supreme Court Justices at nine, but the resolution failed to reach the required 2/3rds threshold in a vote of 212-206. The Court’s size is now set only by statute; so, it is subject to the whims of Congress.
Lately there has been political discussion to expand the Supreme Court to 13 justices. Franklin D. Roosevelt famously tried to expand the size of the Supreme Court with the Judicial Procedures Reform Bill of 1937. It would have allowed him to appoint an additional justice for each sitting justice over age 70 who declined to retire, potentially expanding the Supreme Court from nine to as many as 15 justices. His proposal generated enormous political opposition, which included members of his own party, and ultimately failed in Congress.
H.J. Res. 1 forced Members of Congress to show the American people, once and for all and on the record, exactly what they believe.
ICYMI…
- Senator Josh Hawley has launched an investigation into Flock cameras. (Be sure also to read the story of Pflugerville, TX, ending its contract with Flock after records found 1.6 million searches by hundreds of unauthorized law enforcement agencies.)
- The Federalist’s Guide to the 2026 Supreme Court Term
- The Daily Wire: Michigan AG Tells Jews They Have ‘Moral Imperative’ To Sacrifice Themselves For Humanity
- Brian Lonergan in Chronicles on the cost of mass migration: A Calculated Betrayal of America’s Working Families