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 1 – Sep 29, 2026

Student Loan Assistance

7Members · 6 D · 1 R
7Actions · 6 D · 1 R
7States & territories · OK · WA · MN · CT lead
1Bill named

How the conversation moved

Democrat Republican · one dot = one action
Action typeWk ofAug 312Wk ofSep 7Wk ofSep 143Wk ofSep 211Wk ofSep 281Total
Filed or pushed billsNew, reintroduced or passed 7

What each party did · Democrats 6 · Republicans 1

  • 6Filed or pushed bills1

By state

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

  • OK1
  • WA1
  • MN1
  • CT1
  • HI1
  • OR1
  • AL1

Every action

7 actions · 7 releases
  1. Sep 29, 2026
    • Bill

      RLankford OK

      Introduced bill to protect students pursuing ministry from losing federal student aid based on earnings tests.

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  2. Sep 24, 2026
  3. Sep 17, 2026
    • Bill

      DSmith MN

      Smith, Baldwin and Murphy reintroduced bill to forgive student loans for beginning farmers.

      Release ↗

  4. Sep 16, 2026
    • Bill

      DMurphy CT

      Reintroduced bill to forgive student loan debt for beginning farmers and ranchers.

      Release ↗

    • Bill

      DSchatz HI

      Introduced bill to provide states matching grants for debt-free college programs.

      Release ↗

  5. Sep 2, 2026
    • Bill

      DBonamici OR

      Introduced bill to automatically enroll struggling student loan borrowers in income-driven repayment plans.

      Release ↗

  6. Sep 1, 2026
    • Bill

      DFigures AL

      Introduced bill to reverse Trump administration's limits on graduate student loan borrowing.

      Release ↗

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