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 28 – Oct 2, 2026

Privacy and Surveillance

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10Members · 7 D · 3 R
9Actions · 5 D · 4 R
8States & territories · TX · OR · NY · MO lead
0Bills named

How the conversation moved

Democrat Republican · one dot = one action
Action typeSat26Sun27Mon282Tue291Wed303Thu1Fri23Total
Sent lettersTo agencies, companies, officials 2
HearingsHeld, testified or questioned 1
Filed or pushed billsNew, reintroduced or passed 6

Developing stories

2 threads · 3 of 9 actions

Ban Flock Act

3 members

  1. Oct 2Merkley, Ocasio-Cortez, Sanders introduced the Ban Flock Act to prohibit federal use of AI-powered surveillance cameras.

1 actions →

Where they stand

Support · 5

  • DMerkley ORReintroduced bill to establish national privacy rights for car owners
  • ISanders VTIntroduced bill to ban AI-powered surveillance cameras and license plate readers
  • DGillibrand NYReintroduced Data Protection Act to establish federal data privacy agency
  • RHawley MOIntroduced Stop Flock Abuse Act to regulate AI surveillance cameras
  • DPressley MAReintroduced legislation to halt government facial recognition use

Oppose · 5

  • DCasar TXDemanded answers on FBI's planned Flock camera acquisition
  • DOcasio-Cortez NYOpposes AI-powered automatic license plate reader surveillance technology
  • DBrown OHDemanded answers on FBI's planned acquisition of Flock surveillance systems
  • RStutzman INIntroduced bill to prohibit federal vehicle fingerprinting databases
  • RCloud TXUrged Trump to address ATF gun registry database

What each party did · Democrats 5 · Republicans 4

  • 1Sent letters1
  • 0Hearings1
  • 4Filed or pushed bills2

Most active

  1. DMerkley OR2
  2. RHawley MO2
  3. DCasar TX1
  4. DBrown OH1
  5. DOcasio-Cortez NY1
  6. ISanders VT1
  7. RStutzman IN1
  8. DGillibrand NY1

By state

  • TX2
  • OR2
  • NY2
  • MO2
  • OH1
  • VT1
  • IN1
  • MA1

Every action

9 actions · 12 releases
  1. Oct 2, 2026
  2. Sep 30, 2026
    • Bill

      RStutzman IN

      Introduced bill prohibiting federal vehicle fingerprinting databases from Flock cameras.

      Release ↗

    • Bill

      DGillibrand NY

      Introduced legislation to create independent federal agency protecting Americans' data from tech and AI companies.

      Release ↗

    • Bill

      RHawley MO

      Announced legislation to establish safeguards for AI-powered surveillance cameras.

      Release ↗

  3. Sep 29, 2026
    • Letter

      RCloud TX

      Sent letter to Trump urging action on ATF's centralized gun records database.

      Release ↗

  4. Sep 28, 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