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.

Stories / Issue · Sep 30 – Oct 6, 2026

Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues

12Members · 9 D · 3 R
13Actions · 10 D · 3 R
10States & territories · VA · MD · IL · NJ lead
0Bills named

How the conversation moved

Democrat Republican · one dot = one action
Action typeWed306Thu12Fri2Sat3Sun4Mon54Tue61Total
Sent lettersTo agencies, companies, officials 5
StatementsResponses to news 1
Visits and eventsTours, town halls, site visits 1
Filed or pushed billsNew, reintroduced or passed 6

Developing stories

1 threads · 2 of 13 actions

FHFA Inspector General Funding Cuts

2 members

  1. Oct 5Cortez Masto requested Senate Banking Committee hearing with FHFA Director Bill Pulte on inspector general funding cuts.
  2. Oct 5Gallego requested hearing with FHFA Director Bill Pulte on inspector general funding cuts.

2 actions →

Where they stand

Support · 4

  • RBritt ALIntroduced resolution recognizing Hyde Amendment's 50th anniversary
  • DTokuda HIIntroduced resolution recognizing Hawaiian History Month and protecting Native Hawaiian cultural programs
  • DDingell MIIntroduced resolution reaffirming rights of people with disabilities to live in communities
  • DGottheimer NJRequested investigation into discriminatory zoning targeting Jewish residents

Oppose · 6

  • DWarner VAFiled brief opposing HUD's defunding of fair housing enforcement groups
  • DVan Hollen MDFiled brief opposing HUD's defunding of fair housing enforcement groups
  • DGallego AZRequested hearing on FHFA director's 60 percent cut to inspector general funding
  • DCortez Masto NVRequested hearing to question director on inspector general funding cuts
  • DBeyer VAUrged EEOC to rescind proposed rule eliminating federal employee discrimination protections
  • DKrishnamoorthi ILCondemned anti-South Asian hate speech and political demonization

What each party did · Democrats 10 · Republicans 3

  • 5Sent letters0
  • 1Statements0
  • 1Visits and events0
  • 3Filed or pushed bills3

By state

  • VA3
  • MD3
  • IL2
  • NJ2
  • AZ1
  • NV1
  • AL1
  • MO1

+2 more with fewer actions

Every action

13 actions · 16 releases
  1. Oct 6, 2026
  2. Oct 5, 2026
  3. Oct 1, 2026
  4. Sep 30, 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