Congress is out of session until Monday, November 9 for the midterm campaign. No new roll-call votes until then; the last were the House on Sep 16 and the Senate on Sep 30.

Issues / Issue · Oct 1 – Oct 7, 2026

Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues

12Members · 10 D · 2 R
12Actions · 10 D · 2 R
9States & territories · MD · VA · CA · AZ lead
0Bills named

How the conversation moved

Democrat Republican · one dot = one action
Action typeThu13Fri2Sat3Sun4Mon54Tue63Wed72Total
Sent lettersTo agencies, companies, officials 7
Filed or pushed billsNew, reintroduced or passed 5

Developing stories

1 threads · 2 of 12 actions

FHFA Inspector General Funding Cuts

2 members

  1. Oct 5Gallego requested hearing with FHFA Director Bill Pulte on inspector general funding cuts.
  2. Oct 5Cortez Masto requested Senate Banking Committee hearing with FHFA Director Bill Pulte on inspector general funding cuts.

2 actions →

Where they stand

Support · 2

  • DSimon CAIntroduced resolution defending Olmstead decision protecting disability rights
  • RBritt ALIntroduced resolution recognizing Hyde Amendment's 50th anniversary

Oppose · 8

  • DGillibrand NYFiled brief opposing HUD's $46 million cut to fair housing organizations
  • DVan Hollen MDFiled brief opposing HUD's defunding of fair housing enforcement groups
  • DWarner VAFiled brief opposing HUD's defunding of fair housing enforcement groups
  • DChu CAOpposes English-only Head Start instruction mandate
  • DCortez Masto NVRequested hearing to question director on inspector general funding cuts
  • DGallego AZRequested hearing on FHFA director's 60 percent cut to inspector general funding
  • DAnsari AZUrged Secretary of State to confront Turkish government's LGBTQI+ repression campaign
  • DBeyer VAUrged EEOC to rescind proposed rule eliminating federal employee discrimination protections

What each party did · Democrats 10 · Republicans 2

  • 7Sent letters0
  • 3Filed or pushed bills2

By state

  • MD3
  • VA3
  • CA2
  • AZ2
  • NY1
  • TX1
  • IL1
  • AL1

+1 more with fewer actions

Every action

12 actions · 15 releases
  1. Oct 7, 2026
    • Letter

      DGillibrand NY $46M

      Filed amicus brief supporting fair housing enforcement funding against HUD restrictions.

      Release ↗

    • Bill

      DSimon CA

      Introduced bipartisan resolution honoring 27th anniversary of Olmstead v. L.C. Supreme Court decision on disability rights.

      Release ↗

  2. Oct 6, 2026
  3. Oct 5, 2026
  4. Oct 1, 2026

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