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 · Sep 17 – Oct 6, 2026

LIHEAP Funding Distribution

Members of Congress are urging the Trump administration to distribute Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) funds before the winter heating season. Seventeen members, primarily Democrats with some Republican support, have sent letters and introduced legislation requesting immediate fund distribution by November 1, 2026. Proposals include increasing LIHEAP funding to $7 billion and adding $1 billion in new assistance for low-income heating costs.

AI summary of the releases below · Oct 7, 2026

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9Members · 8 D · 1 R
7Actions · 6 D · 1 R
8States & territories · NH · MN · OR · MA lead
0Bills named

How the conversation moved

Democrat Republican · one dot = one action
Action typeWk ofSep 7Wk ofSep 143Wk ofSep 213Wk ofSep 28Wk ofOct 51Total
Requested actionDeclarations, investigations, decisions 2
Sent lettersTo agencies, companies, officials 4
Visits and eventsTours, town halls, site visits 1

Where they stand

No member argued against another in this window

What each party did · Democrats 6 · Republicans 1

  • 2Requested action0
  • 3Sent letters1
  • 1Visits and events0

Most active

  1. DPappas NH1
  2. DGoodlander NH1
  3. DSmith MN1
  4. DMerkley OR1
  5. DMarkey MA1
  6. RCollins ME1
  7. DLuján NM1
  8. DReed RI1

By state

  • NH2
  • MN1
  • OR1
  • MA1
  • ME1
  • NM1
  • RI1
  • NY1

Every action

7 actions · 9 releases
  1. Oct 6, 2026
    • Visit

      DPappas NH

      Hosted roundtable on rising energy costs and Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program.

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  2. Sep 25, 2026
  3. Sep 23, 2026
    • Request

      DSmith MN

      Led bipartisan push to release LIHEAP heating assistance funds before winter.

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  4. Sep 21, 2026
  5. Sep 18, 2026
    • Letter

      DMarkey MA $4B

      Urged Trump administration to swiftly release $4 billion in LIHEAP funding before winter heating season.

      Release ↗

  6. Sep 17, 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