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Issues / Issue · Aug 11 – 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

19Members · 3 D · 16 R
27Actions · 3 D · 24 R
13States & territories · FL · TX · AL · IN lead
0Bills named

How the conversation moved

Democrat Republican · one dot = one action
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Sent lettersTo agencies, companies, officials 12
CriticizedA policy, decision or person 1
PraisedCredit for a decision or person 1
Visits and eventsTours, town halls, site visits 3
Filed or pushed billsNew, reintroduced or passed 6
Other 4

Emerging events

1 threads · 19 of 27 actions

United States Space Academy Location

13 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.

19 actions →

What each party did · Democrats 3 · Republicans 24

  • 1Sent letters11
  • 1Criticized0
  • 0Praised1
  • 0Visits and events3
  • 1Filed or pushed bills5
  • 0Other4

By state

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

  • FL6
  • TX5
  • AL4
  • IN2
  • OH2
  • KY1
  • ID1
  • CA1

+5 more with fewer actions

Every action

27 actions · 27 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
  4. Sep 30, 2026
  5. Sep 29, 2026
  6. Sep 28, 2026
  7. Sep 25, 2026
  8. Sep 24, 2026
  9. Sep 22, 2026
  10. Sep 21, 2026
  11. Sep 18, 2026
  12. Sep 15, 2026
  13. Sep 14, 2026
  14. Sep 8, 2026
  15. Sep 4, 2026
    • Visit

      RHarris MD

      Announced Service Academy Information Night for high school students on September 9, 2026.

      Release ↗

  16. Sep 3, 2026
  17. Aug 28, 2026
  18. Aug 19, 2026
    • Visit

      RMoran KS

      Hosted NASA's Artemis II astronauts at Kansas Cosmosphere to promote space exploration and STEM education.

      Release ↗

  19. Aug 11, 2026
    • Bill

      DPeters MI

      Senate passed Peters' bipartisan bill establishing Commercial Space Activity Advisory Committee.

      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