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

Energy Project Permitting

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7Members · 3 D · 4 R
8Actions · 4 D · 4 R
7States & territories · NM · WV · IN · WY lead
6Bills named

How the conversation moved

Democrat Republican · one dot = one action
Action typeThu14Fri22Sat3Sun4Mon5Tue6Wed72Total
CriticizedA policy, decision or person 1
PraisedCredit for a decision or person 1
Filed or pushed billsNew, reintroduced or passed 5
Other 1

Developing stories

1 threads · 3 of 8 actions

Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act

2 members

  1. Oct 2Heinrich unveiled bipartisan bill to lower utility costs, create jobs, and require data centers to pay grid upgrade costs.
  2. Oct 7Heinrich discussed legislation requiring data centers to pay for electricity grid upgrades.
  3. Oct 7Capito (R) highlighted bipartisan support for permitting reform bill from labor and energy groups.

3 actions →

Where they stand

No member argued against another in this window

What each party did · Democrats 4 · Republicans 4

  • 1Criticized0
  • 0Praised1
  • 2Filed or pushed bills3
  • 1Other0

Most active

  1. DHeinrich NM2
  2. RCapito WV1
  3. DMrvan IN1
  4. RLummis WY1
  5. RMurkowski AK1
  6. DMarkey MA1
  7. RKennedy UT1

By state

  • NM2
  • WV1
  • IN1
  • WY1
  • AK1
  • MA1
  • UT1

Every action

8 actions · 8 releases
  1. Oct 7, 2026
  2. Oct 2, 2026
  3. Oct 1, 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