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 2 – Oct 7, 2026

Oil and Gas Regulation

Democrats introduced legislation to prevent oil companies from abandoning wells on public lands, with Sen. Luján (D-NM) and Reps. Schiff (D-CA), Bennet (D-CO), and Ansari (D-AZ) backing the Stop Orphaned Wells Act. Luján also opposed Trump administration plans to weaken federal methane pollution standards. Rep. Fong (R-CA) praised a BLM announcement of an upcoming California oil and gas lease sale.

AI summary of the releases below · Oct 8, 2026

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5Members · 4 D · 1 R
4Actions · 3 D · 1 R
4States & territories · NM · CA · CO · AZ
0Bills named

How the conversation moved

Democrat Republican · one dot = one action
Action typeThu1Fri22Sat3Sun4Mon5Tue6Wed72Total
CriticizedA policy, decision or person 1
PraisedCredit for a decision or person 1
Filed or pushed billsNew, reintroduced or passed 2

Developing stories

1 threads · 2 of 4 actions

Stop Orphaned Wells Act

4 members

  1. Oct 2Bennet, Schiff, Ansari Senator Bennet introduced bill to prevent oil companies from abandoning wells on public lands.
  2. Oct 7Luján introduced legislation to prevent oil companies from abandoning wells on public lands.

2 actions →

Where they stand

No member argued against another in this window

What each party did · Democrats 3 · Republicans 1

  • 1Criticized0
  • 0Praised1
  • 2Filed or pushed bills0

Most active

  1. DLuján NM2
  2. RFong CA1
  3. DBennet CO1
  4. DSchiff CA1
  5. DAnsari AZ1

By state

  • NM2
  • CA2
  • CO1
  • AZ1

Every action

4 actions · 6 releases
  1. Oct 7, 2026
  2. Oct 2, 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