The 119th Congress is in full swing and based on the responses received from the Member Issue Survey, we believe these are the current Federal Bills to Watch. If you would like to read the language of a bill or if you want to track its progress, please go to www.congress.gov . You can also use that address to share your views with your Congressional representatives.
Tracking Legislation
There are several free or low cost services that can help you track legislation in Congress and in your states.
Below are some that seem to be
objective and accurate.
OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT PLATFORMS:
www.congress.gov
can ask for specific alerts, track by topic, bill, or by legislator
U.S. Senate: Bills, Acts, & Laws- - Office of The Clerk;
US House of Representatives:
Office of the Clerk,
U.S. House of Representatives - Votes
THIRD-PARTY PLATFORMS:
GovTrack.us : Tracking the U.S. Congress with ability to sign up for specific bill alerts
LegiScan:
US Congress Legislature | 2025-2026 | 119th Congress |
Fast Democracy: Free bill tracking for US Congress and states with ability to ask for specific bill alerts.
LOCAL NEWS AND ADVOCACY GROUPS
in Congress
Congress is considering the next budget
request from the White House. You can check out where cuts are being propsed and which offices of the Department of
Education are proposed for movement to
another agency by looking at document submitted by the Office of Budget Management: Budget of the U.S. Government. See page 11 - 15 for details
action alert
2-22-26
The Heritage Foundation published a policy document dated 2-17-26 calling on states to intentionally enact laws restricting public education for undocumented
students and calling on the Supreme Court to overturn the 1982 decison in
Plyler v. Doe that held that denying children an education based on immigration
status violated the Constitution's equal protection clause.
4-26-26
The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act has passed the House and is now in the Senate, expected to be voted on by the end of Febraury, requires
documentary proof of U.S.Citizenship in order to register ot vote, such as a passport, naturalization certificate, birth certificate, or REAL ID. It also mandates photo ID when voting. It faces strong opposition in the Senate, beause of the barriers the bill presents such as for married individuals whose name has changed, young voters without a passport, elderly voters born before standardized birth certificates were issues, low income voters unable to afford the fees to obtain
required ID, and the potential of disenfranchising over 21 million voters. Aas of the end of April, the bill had still not passed the Senate.