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Issues / Issue · Sep 14 – Oct 12, 2026

United States Space Academy Location

Members of Congress from multiple states are advocating for the U.S. Space Academy to be located in their respective regions. Texas delegates led three letters supporting a Texas location, while members from Idaho, Ohio, Florida, Indiana, and California also promoted their states. Representative Moody filed companion House legislation to locate the academy in Florida.

AI summary of the releases below · Oct 7, 2026

15Members · 1 D · 14 R
20Actions · 1 D · 19 R
9States & territories · TX · AL · FL · IN lead
0Bills named

How the conversation moved

Democrat Republican · one dot = one action
Action typeWk ofSep 136Wk ofSep 205Wk ofSep 277Wk ofOct 41Wk ofOct 111Total
Sent lettersTo agencies, companies, officials 11
PraisedCredit for a decision or person 1
Visits and eventsTours, town halls, site visits 1
Filed or pushed billsNew, reintroduced or passed 3
Other 4

Emerging events

1 threads · 15 of 20 actions

United States Space Academy Location

12 members

  1. Sep 28Moreno (R) Led effort to bring U.S. Space Academy to Dayton, Ohio.
  2. Sep 28Moody (R) Companion bill filed in House for legislation to locate Space Academy in Florida.
  3. Sep 28Banks (R) urged commission to select Grissom Air Reserve Base as location for new U.S. Space Academy.
  4. Sep 29Babin (R) Led Texas delegation letter endorsing Texas proposal to host U.S. Space Academy.
  5. Oct 1Cloud (R) Texas delegation urged selection of Texas to host U.S. Space Academy.

15 actions →

What each party did · Democrats 1 · Republicans 19

  • 1Sent letters10
  • 0Praised1
  • 0Visits and events1
  • 0Filed or pushed bills3
  • 0Other4

By state

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

  • TX5
  • AL4
  • FL3
  • IN2
  • OH2
  • KY1
  • ID1
  • CA1

+1 more with fewer actions

Every action

20 actions · 20 releases
  1. Oct 12, 2026
    • Statement

      RGuthrie KY

      Announced November 12 deadline for high school students to apply for U.S. service academy nominations.

      Release ↗

  2. Oct 6, 2026
    • Visit

      RBritt AL

      Announced service academy informational sessions throughout Alabama in October.

      Release ↗

  3. Oct 1, 2026
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  11. Sep 18, 2026
  12. Sep 15, 2026
  13. Sep 14, 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