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This Week: Senate Out, House In

Jan. 19, 2026 · Legislative Preview · by Amy West

The week of January 19, 2026, the Senate is out and the House is in. At the moment, things look relatively quiet in the House.

Many Senators are in Europe this week and will get to pretend they haven't heard of the President's latest justification for taking Greenland: that the Nobel Peace Prize Committee did not choose him.

There will be 31 House committee meetings this week.

There will be the now-usual mix of mostly bills on suspension …