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 24 – Oct 5, 2026

Rural Housing

10Members · 8 D · 2 R
9Actions · 7 D · 2 R
9States & territories · WA · WI · GA · NV lead
1Bills named

How the conversation moved

Democrat Republican · one dot = one action
Action typeWk ofSep 6Wk ofSep 13Wk ofSep 201Wk ofSep 275Wk ofOct 43Total
Sent lettersTo agencies, companies, officials 1
CriticizedA policy, decision or person 4
PraisedCredit for a decision or person 1
Filed or pushed billsNew, reintroduced or passed 3

Where they stand

Support · 5

  • RRicketts NEApplauded implementation streamlining environmental standards for rural housing
  • DBynum ORSecured Senate passage of bill to expand rural business capital access
  • RWesterman ARIntroduced bill to establish VA pilot program for rural veteran owner-builder home loans
  • DGluesenkamp Perez WAIntroduced Veterans Owner-Builders' Rights Act for rural home construction
  • DWelch VTIntroduced bill to exempt affordable housing grants from taxation

Oppose · 4

  • DBaldwin WICriticized Trump administration for slashing rural housing funding
  • DWarnock GAOpposes Trump administration's failure to spend rural housing assistance funds
  • DRosen NVCriticized Trump administration for letting $230 million in rural housing funds expire
  • DMurray WACondemned failure to spend rural housing funds before fiscal year end

What each party did · Democrats 7 · Republicans 2

  • 1Sent letters0
  • 4Criticized0
  • 0Praised1
  • 2Filed or pushed bills1

By state

  • WA2
  • WI1
  • GA1
  • NV1
  • NE1
  • CA1
  • OR1
  • AR1

+1 more with fewer actions

Every action

9 actions · 10 releases
  1. Oct 5, 2026
    • Criticism

      DBaldwin WI $11M

      Criticized Trump administration for cutting $11 million in rural housing funding for Wisconsin.

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    • Criticism

      DWarnock GA $232M

      Criticized Trump administration for letting $232 million in rural housing funding expire.

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    • Criticism

      DRosen NV $230M

      Criticized Trump administration for failing to distribute rural housing loan funding.

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  2. Oct 2, 2026
    • Praise

      RRicketts NE

      Praised HUD and USDA implementation of his Streamlining Rural Housing Act to reduce red tape.

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  3. Oct 1, 2026
  4. Sep 30, 2026
    • Criticism

      DMurray WA $230M

      Criticized Trump administration for allowing $230 million in rural housing funds to expire.

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  5. Sep 28, 2026
  6. Sep 24, 2026
    • Bill

      DWelch VT

      Introduced bill exempting affordable housing development grants from federal income tax.

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