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 3 – Oct 2, 2026

Oil and Gas Regulation

9Members · 7 D · 2 R
6Actions · 4 D · 2 R
6States & territories · CA · CO · AZ · ND lead
1Bills named

How the conversation moved

Democrat Republican · one dot = one action
Action typeWk ofSep 32Wk ofSep 10Wk ofSep 171Wk ofSep 241Wk ofOct 12Total
Sent lettersTo agencies, companies, officials 1
StatementsResponses to news 1
PraisedCredit for a decision or person 1
Filed or pushed billsNew, reintroduced or passed 3

Developing stories

1 threads · 1 of 6 actions

Where they stand

Support · 4

  • DSchiff CAIntroduced bill to prevent oil companies from abandoning wells
  • DBennet COIntroduced legislation to hold oil companies accountable for cleanup costs
  • RFong CASupports BLM oil and gas lease sale to increase domestic energy production
  • RCramer NDSupports domestic refinery development for energy dominance

Oppose · 2

  • DPadilla CAChallenged Trump administration's Defense Production Act order to restart Sable offshore pipeline
  • DPelosi CAChallenged Defense Production Act invocation for pipeline restart

What each party did · Democrats 4 · Republicans 2

  • 1Sent letters0
  • 0Statements1
  • 0Praised1
  • 3Filed or pushed bills0

By state

  • CA4
  • CO1
  • AZ1
  • ND1
  • TX1
  • OR1

Every action

6 actions · 10 releases
  1. Oct 2, 2026
  2. Sep 24, 2026
    • Statement

      RCramer ND

      Advocated for building and retrofitting American refineries to process domestic crude oil.

      Release ↗

  3. Sep 21, 2026
  4. Sep 8, 2026
  5. Sep 3, 2026
    • Bill

      DDexter OR

      Introduced three-bill package to hold oil companies accountable and protect taxpayers.

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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