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 · Aug 27 – Sep 15, 2026

Critical Minerals Supply

7Members · 1 D · 6 R
6Actions · 1 D · 5 R
7States & territories · TX · VA · AZ · TN lead
$20MFunding announced

How the conversation moved

Democrat Republican · one dot = one action
Action typeWk ofAug 17Wk ofAug 241Wk ofAug 311Wk ofSep 7Wk ofSep 144Total
HearingsHeld, testified or questioned 1
Announced fundingGrants and approvals 1
Filed or pushed billsNew, reintroduced or passed 4

What each party did · Democrats 1 · Republicans 5

  • 0Hearings1
  • 0Announced funding1
  • 1Filed or pushed bills3

By state

Actions by members from each state, split by party. A joint release counts once for each member on it.

  • TX1
  • VA1
  • AZ1
  • TN1
  • WV1
  • MI1
  • OH1

Every action

6 actions · 7 releases
  1. Sep 15, 2026
    • Bill

      RPfluger TX

      Passed bipartisan bill to recover critical minerals from contaminated sites and waste streams.

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    • Bill

      RWittman VA

      Advanced bipartisan Earth Mapping Resources Initiative Reauthorization Act out of committee.

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    • Funding

      RCiscomani AZ $20M

      Celebrated $20 million Department of Energy investment in Arizona mining engineering program.

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    • Bill

      RVan Epps TN

      Introduced bipartisan bill to establish pilot program for domestic critical mineral processing.

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  2. Sep 2, 2026
    • Hearing

      RMiller WV

      Participated in Ways and Means Committee hearing on securing U.S. supply chains for critical minerals in Central Asia and Africa.

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  3. Aug 27, 2026

Summaries, action types, amounts and positions are read from each press release by AI and can be wrong. Joint releases (same day, same action, matching title or amount) count once. How it works