Stories

What Congress is talking about

The issues members raise in their press releases, with the specific events inside each, by how many members raised them. Each bar shows who is talking: Democrats from the left, Republicans from the right.

All issues we track · 50

• Military Readiness Armed Forces and National Security
  150 members
• Immigration Enforcement Immigration
  147 members
• Constituent Services Government Operations and Politics
  140 members
• Water Infrastructure Transportation and Public Works
  140 members
• Disaster Response Emergency Management
  135 members
• Government Spending Government Operations and Politics
  134 members
• Transportation Infrastructure Transportation and Public Works
  127 members
• AI Infrastructure Impact Science, Technology, Communications
  109 members
• Armed Forces & National Security Armed Forces and National Security
  104 members
• Fraud Enforcement Government Operations and Politics
  90 members
• Health Care Coverage Health
  89 members
• Rural Health Care Health
  74 members
• Voting Access Government Operations and Politics
  72 members
• Tariffs Taxation
  68 members
• Military Health Care Armed Forces and National Security
  66 members
• Fuel Prices Energy
  53 members
• Cybersecurity Science, Technology, Communications
  50 members
• Privacy and Surveillance Science, Technology, Communications
  49 members
• Election Security Government Operations and Politics
  45 members
• Energy Project Permitting Energy
  45 members
• Israeli Settler Violence in West Bank International Affairs
  37 members
• Prescription Drug Pricing Health
  35 members
• Teacher Recruitment Education
  34 members
• China Religious Persecution Concerns International Affairs
  29 members
• Congressional Stock Trading Government Operations and Politics
  29 members
• Press Freedom International Affairs
  24 members
• Rogue AI Cyberattacks Investigation Science, Technology, Communications
  22 members
• Cancer Awareness Health
  22 members
• Border Security Equipment Government Operations and Politics
  21 members
• Afghan Refugee Policy Immigration
  19 members
• Government Shutdown Government Operations and Politics
  19 members
• Government Weaponization Government Operations and Politics
  16 members
• Oil and Gas Regulation Energy
  15 members
• October 7th Attacks International Affairs
  14 members
• China Iran Military Support International Affairs
  13 members
• Rural Housing Housing and Community Development
  12 members
• Campus Sexual Assault Prevention and Survivor Support Education
  10 members
• LIHEAP Funding Distribution Social Welfare
  9 members
• Veterans Health Care Armed Forces and National Security
  7 members
• Protecting Presidential Memorials Government Operations and Politics
  6 members
• Israeli E1 Settlement Sanctions International Affairs
  6 members
• Mental Health Services Health
  6 members
• Iran War Cost Accounting International Affairs
  5 members
• Ratepayer Protection Act Energy
  5 members
• Wildfire Recovery Emergency Management
  5 members
• Mental Health Crisis Response Health
  4 members
• AI Agent Accountability Act Science, Technology, Communications
  4 members
• DACA and TPS Tax Credit Restrictions Taxation
  4 members
• Health Care Cybersecurity Health
  4 members
• Housing For Persons With AIDS Housing and Community Development
  4 members

An issue is listed once at least 3 different members have spoken on it. Counts cover the statements on file (about the last three months).

Issues and events are named by AI reading each release (Claude Haiku), told to reuse one name per issue and event so members are counted together. Each issue and event keeps one permanent record and address, whatever spelling a release used. It can mislabel; every count links to the releases behind it. How it works