Capitol Hill Sprint: Bipartisan Bills Face Midterm Pressure

With the Memorial Day recess looming, lawmakers from both parties are racing to advance a package of bipartisan bills—ranging from affordable housing and college athletics to cryptocurrency taxation, energy-permitting reform, AI governance, manufacturing, and a reauthorized public lands package—before the midterms. Trump’s push to attach the SAVE Act to these measures threatens their passage, and GOP hard-liners or ballroom-security funding disputes add further obstacles. Yet several lawmakers say they want to make real progress, signaling a concerted push to demonstrate productivity on Capitol Hill.