Section 702 / FISA surveillance
Congress is debating whether to extend Section 702 surveillance and whether the FBI should need a warrant before searching Americans' communications.
Take a stanceHousing bill would ease building rules and update federal housing programs
Bill S3623 Demands Credit Card Competition
Epstein
How Congress should handle public disclosure, oversight, and victim protections as the Epstein investigation files come under renewed scrutiny.
Big health firms would have to split provider and middleman businesses
What people are acting on
The issues driving the most constituent messages this week.
Meta & YouTube Child Safety Trials
The growing wave of verdicts and legal scrutiny around child-safety and social-media addiction harms.
Epstein
How Congress should handle public disclosure, oversight, and victim protections as the Epstein investigation files come under renewed scrutiny.
Immigration and ICE
In the news
News stories that connect to live legislation. Every briefing has an action.
Supreme Court rules on Voting Rights Act provisions
The Supreme Court has issued a ruling affecting the Voting Rights Act, particularly regarding congressional districting. This decision may influence representation in future elections. (sources: reuters, washingtonpost, usatoday, pbs, cbsnews)
Take action on 2 billsMyanmar: Ex-leader Aung San Suu Kyi moved to house arrest
Aung San Suu Kyi has been transferred from prison to house arrest in Myanmar. This change follows her detention since the military coup in 2021. (sources: ap, cnn, theguardian, aljazeera, nytimes)
Take action on 2 billsUK raises terrorism threat level after stabbing incident
UK officials have increased the national terrorism threat level to severe following recent antisemitic attacks. A man has been charged in connection with the stabbing of two Jewish men in London. (sources: aljazeera, foxnews, cbsnews, theguardian, france24)
Take action on 2 billsThis week in Congress
What's actually being voted on, marked up, and debated — updated daily.
Bills you should know about
Substantive bills with broad relevance, real public attention, or meaningful movement in Congress.
Farm bills shape who gets federal farm help, how food aid works, and how rural communities get support. This bill would keep those programs running through 2031 and change several…
Housing is expensive in many places because too few homes get built, and this bill tries to remove some of the barriers that slow building down. It matters because even small dela…
Bill S3623 is important because it targets the high fees merchants pay to process credit card transactions. By allowing more network choices, it could lower these costs, potential…
This bill matters because many young people use apps, games, social media, and school tools that collect a lot of personal data, and current federal law does not fully cover teens…
This bill matters because it could change the rules for many of the apps and websites that kids and teens use every day. It tries to reduce serious harms and give families more co…
Many Medicare patients deal with obesity or weight-related health problems, and this bill could make treatment easier to get. It could open the door to more counseling options and…
This bill matters because it would change voter registration from a system that often relies on a sworn statement into one that requires citizenship paperwork. That could stop som…
This bill could change how people start using many everyday devices. Age checks would move to the operating system level, so one device account could affect access across many app…
Floor consideration scheduled (Week of 2026-04-27)
Floor consideration scheduled (Week of 2026-04-27)
Bills to act on now
Ranked by timing, significance, and momentum — the most consequential outreach opportunities surface first.
Some clergy could rejoin Social Security after opting out
Floor consideration scheduled (Week of 2026-04-27)
Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act of 2025
Floor consideration scheduled (Week of 2026-04-27)
Preschool and pre-K teachers could get a classroom supply tax break
Floor consideration scheduled (Week of 2026-04-27)
Disaster victims could keep more money after losses and wildfire payments
Floor consideration scheduled (Week of 2026-04-27)
Survivors could keep more settlement money tax-free
Floor consideration scheduled (Week of 2026-04-27)
