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 16 – Oct 2, 2026

Russia Sanctions

7Members · 5 D · 2 R
7Actions · 5 D · 2 R
5States & territories · CT · MO · PA · MS lead
3Bills named

How the conversation moved

Democrat Republican · one dot = one action
Action typeWk ofSep 3Wk ofSep 106Wk ofSep 17Wk ofSep 24Wk ofOct 11Total
StatementsResponses to news 2
CriticizedA policy, decision or person 2
PraisedCredit for a decision or person 1
Filed or pushed billsNew, reintroduced or passed 2

Emerging events

1 threads · 6 of 7 actions

Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act

6 members

  1. Sep 16Wicker (R) praised House passage of Russia sanctions bill targeting Putin's war economy.
  2. Sep 16Houlahan voted to sanction Russia through Senate amendments to support Ukraine.
  3. Sep 16Hayes voted against Russia and Iran sanctions bill citing weakened enforcement.
  4. Sep 16Blumenthal celebrated final passage of sanctions bill holding Russian oil and gas purchasers accountable.
  5. Sep 16Wagner (R) Co-led bill to sanction Russian and Iranian supporters, passed by the House.

6 actions →

What each party did · Democrats 5 · Republicans 2

  • 2Statements0
  • 2Criticized0
  • 0Praised1
  • 1Filed or pushed bills1

By state

Actions by members from each state, split by party. A joint release counts once for each member on it.

  • CT3
  • MO1
  • PA1
  • MS1
  • VA1

Every action

7 actions · 7 releases
  1. Oct 2, 2026
  2. Sep 16, 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