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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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President Donald Trump plans to announce wide-ranging tariffs Wednesday, calling it “Liberation Day.”

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Senate Republicans aim to advance a budget resolution to keep their ambitious legislative plans on track.

Boeing’s CEO will testify before the Senate Commerce Committee.

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The House will be in <a href="https://www.majorityleader.gov/schedule/weekly-schedule.htm" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">session</a> tonight through Thursday, voting to <a href="https://rules.house.gov/legislation" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">overturn</a> financial regulations from the Biden administration.

The Armed Services Committee will hold a <a href="https://armedservices.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=5024" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">hearing</a> tomorrow on national security challenges in the Americas.  

Also tomorrow, the Small Business Committee will hold a <a href="https://smallbusiness.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=407172" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">hearing</a> titled “The Golden Age: Unleashing Main Street Through Deregulation.”

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

The Senate plans to <a href="https://www.senate.gov/legislative/floor_activity_pail.htm" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">hold</a> a “vote-a-rama” to <a href="https://www.politico.com/newsletters/inside-congress/2025/03/31/no-foolin-the-gops-3-big-tests-in-april-00259980?nname=inside-congress&amp;nid=0000014f-1646-d88f-a1cf-5f46b4be0000&amp;nrid=00000155-8429-dc54-a5ff-b5ff85100000" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">advance</a> Republicans’ budget blueprint.

The Commerce Committee on Wednesday will host Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg in a <a href="https://www.commerce.senate.gov/2025/4/safety-first-restoring-boeing-s-status-as-a-great-american-manufacturer_2" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">hearing</a> titled “Safety First: Restoring Boeing’s Status as a Great American Manufacturer.”

Also Wednesday, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy will <a href="https://www.epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/hearings?ID=7D2E54D7-F72C-4B56-BF3C-B69C8A09BFE6" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">testify</a> at the Environment and Public Works Committee regarding surface transportation programs.  

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

Trump is at the White House today <a href="https://www.forth.news/whpool/CMfGsLuXFF4sziYiMmTfc" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">planning</a> to sign executive orders.

“<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trumps-11th-week-office-set-focus-tariffs-president-touts-liberation-day" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Liberation Day</a>” tariffs are set to take effect Wednesday.

Trump also said he <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-angry-putin-zelenskyy-iran-sanctions-rcna198729" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">plans</a> to speak with Vladimir Putin this week, while noting he was “pissed off” with the Russian president’s recent comments on Ukraine.

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