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 26 – Oct 30, 2026

Education Funding

Members of Congress are addressing education funding through multiple initiatives. Democrats Brown, Rivas, and Adams led letters opposing the Trump administration's termination of three NSF minority STEM programs worth $104 million. Republicans Finstad and Bice announced education funding, including $97,000 in USDA rural school funding and advocacy for federal tax credits. Democrats Sykes and Kean highlighted grants totaling approximately $3.8 million for preschool and student programs.

AI summary of the releases below · Oct 30, 2026

8Members · 5 D · 3 R
9Actions · 6 D · 3 R
7States & territories · IL · OH · MN · CA lead
$138KFunding announced

How the conversation moved

Democrat Republican · one dot = one action
Action typeSat24Sun25Mon261Tue27Wed282Thu293Fri303Total
Sent lettersTo agencies, companies, officials 6
Visits and eventsTours, town halls, site visits 1
Announced fundingGrants and approvals 2

Emerging events

1 threads · 3 of 9 actions

Minority-Serving Institution Funding Reallocation

3 members

  1. Oct 28Adams Led letter to DOJ opposing termination of three NSF minority STEM programs worth $104 million.
  2. Oct 29Rivas Sent letter to DOJ urging reinstatement of three NSF STEM programs for underrepresented minorities.
  3. Oct 29Brown Led letter urging Trump administration to reverse termination of NSF minority STEM programs.

3 actions →

What each party did · Democrats 6 · Republicans 3

  • 5Sent letters1
  • 0Visits and events1
  • 1Announced funding1

By state

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

  • IL2
  • OH2
  • MN1
  • CA1
  • OK1
  • NC1
  • NJ1

Every action

9 actions · 9 releases
  1. Oct 30, 2026
    • Letter

      RFinstad MN

      Led Minnesota Republicans urging Governor Walz to opt into federal Education Freedom Tax Credit.

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    • Letter

      DGarcía IL

      Opposed Trump administration rule requiring Head Start programs to be English-only.

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    • Letter

      DGarcía IL

      Opposed Trump administration rule requiring Head Start programs to be English-only.

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  2. Oct 29, 2026
  3. Oct 28, 2026
  4. Oct 26, 2026
    • Visit

      RKean NJ $3.8M

      Visited new Somerville YMCA preschool classrooms funded with $3.8 million in federal grants.

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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