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Vote Yes on this bill if you want only human beings to have constitutional rights, stronger limits and disclosure rules for political spending, and less influence from wealthy donors and corporations in elections.
Organizations that support this bill may include campaign finance reform groups, voting rights advocates, labor organizations, and public interest watchdog groups that want to limit corporate influence in elections.
Vote No on this bill if you want corporations and other organizations to keep constitutional protections, political spending to remain more protected as speech, and fewer government limits on campaign money.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include business associations, corporate advocacy groups, and free speech or limited government organizations that believe corporations should retain constitutional protections and broad political spending rights.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want the federal minimum wage to rise sharply and then be tied to the cost of keeping a family of four above poverty, which could help workers pay for housing and basic needs.
Organizations that support this bill may include labor unions, worker advocacy groups, anti-poverty organizations, housing advocates, and faith-based social justice groups that want higher wages tied to the real cost of living.
Vote No on this bill if you want to avoid a large federal minimum wage mandate that could increase payroll costs, raise prices, and make it harder for some employers to hire or keep workers.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include business associations, restaurant and retail industry groups, small business advocates, and free-market organizations concerned that a steep federal wage increase would raise costs and cut jobs.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want to pause new AI data centers until strong federal safeguards protect jobs, privacy, communities, utility bills, and the environment, while requiring more public oversight and limiting support for unregulated AI development.
Organizations that support this bill may include labor unions, consumer and privacy advocates, environmental justice groups, and AI safety organizations concerned about job loss, surveillance, rising utility costs, and environmental harm from large AI data centers.
Vote No on this bill if you want AI data centers and related infrastructure to keep expanding without a federal moratorium, and if you believe this bill would slow innovation, reduce investment, limit exports, and risk weakening U.S. competitiveness in AI.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include major technology companies, data center developers, semiconductor manufacturers, electric utilities, business trade groups, and free-market organizations that favor faster AI growth and fewer limits on new infrastructure.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want to expand access to affordable child care, raise provider payment rates to better match real costs, fund new and improved child care facilities, strengthen the workforce, and help more parents work, train, study, or get treatment while their children are in safe care.
Organizations that support this bill may include child care providers, early childhood education advocates, labor unions, employer groups that rely on working parents, anti-poverty organizations, and groups representing rural, foster, homeless, and low-income families.
Vote No on this bill if you want to avoid larger federal spending, limit new grant programs and state planning requirements, keep child care eligibility from expanding further, and reduce the federal role in setting expectations for child care payments, quality efforts, and facility growth.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include taxpayer watchdog groups, small-government and anti-spending organizations, and some groups concerned about higher federal costs, added state reporting duties, or more government involvement in child care policy.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want major fossil fuel companies to pay for part of the nation’s climate damage costs, fund disaster preparedness and recovery, invest in stronger infrastructure, and send a large share of aid to overburdened communities.
Organizations that support this bill may include environmental groups, climate justice advocates, public health organizations, Tribal and community resilience groups, and local governments seeking more funding for disaster recovery and climate adaptation.
Vote No on this bill if you want to avoid a large new tax on fossil fuel companies, reduce the risk of higher fuel and energy prices, limit new federal climate spending, and oppose keeping state and local climate lawsuits fully available.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include oil, gas, and coal companies, refinery operators, fossil fuel trade associations, anti-tax groups, and business organizations concerned about higher energy costs and litigation risks.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want Congress to set a budget that keeps major federal programs funded, boosts defense and veterans spending, and opens the door to stronger border security and deportation policies.
Organizations that support this bill may include border security groups, defense advocates, veterans' organizations, and groups that favor keeping large federal funding for health care, Medicare, transportation, and other major programs.
Vote No on this bill if you want to reject higher deficits and debt, resist expanded immigration enforcement and detention, or push for a budget with stronger emphasis on environmental and other domestic priorities.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include immigrant rights groups, civil liberties organizations, budget watchdogs concerned about rising debt, and environmental groups worried about less emphasis on energy and conservation.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want stronger privacy protections, more accountability for FBI use of surveillance databases, greater congressional oversight of secret intelligence courts, and a ban on the Federal Reserve creating a central bank digital currency.
Organizations that support this bill may include civil liberties groups focused on surveillance reform, privacy and cryptocurrency advocates opposed to a Federal Reserve digital currency, and lawmakers who want tighter oversight of FBI intelligence searches.
Vote No on this bill if you want to preserve more flexibility for intelligence agencies, avoid new criminal penalties and procedural hurdles in national security investigations, and keep the option open for the Federal Reserve to study or develop a digital dollar.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include national security groups and executive branch officials who believe the new limits, penalties, and oversight rules could slow intelligence work, as well as supporters of exploring a government-backed digital dollar.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want the Federal Trade Commission to study whether government-run grocery stores would change food prices, consumer choice, competition, and impacts on farmers, food banks, and private stores before lawmakers take further action.
Organizations that support this bill may include private grocery industry groups, business associations, taxpayer watchdog organizations, and farm or food supply groups that want a federal review of how government-run grocery stores could affect markets, prices, and competition.
Vote No on this bill if you want to avoid a new federal study and reporting process that could be used to challenge or slow public grocery store proposals aimed at improving food access in underserved areas.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include anti-hunger advocates, community development groups, municipal policy organizations, and supporters of public grocery stores who may see the bill as a step that could discourage or delay local efforts to expand food access.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want people with disabilities to have faster, easier access to parking placards, free parking stickers, and disability plates by allowing certified nurse practitioners and occupational therapists to certify eligibility.
Organizations that support this bill may include nurse practitioner associations, occupational therapy groups, disability rights advocates, and rural health access organizations.
Vote No on this bill if you want to keep disability parking approval authority more limited and avoid expanding certification power because of concerns about oversight, consistency, or misuse.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include physician groups or local government organizations concerned about expanding who can approve disability parking benefits.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want schools to use state-approved reading materials, screen students earlier for reading problems and dyslexia, train staff in evidence-based methods, and provide more structured help to struggling readers.
Organizations that support this bill may include dyslexia advocacy groups, parent groups focused on reading outcomes, and education reform organizations that support science-of-reading instruction and earlier help for struggling students.
Vote No on this bill if you want local schools and teachers to keep more freedom over reading curriculum and teaching methods, and if you are concerned that extra testing, training, and state rules could add costs, paperwork, and less classroom flexibility.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include local-control advocates, some school districts and educator groups concerned about state mandates, and curriculum providers whose materials could be left off the state-approved list.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want schools to use science-of-reading methods, screen students early for dyslexia and reading trouble, train staff more deeply, and give struggling readers faster and more targeted help.
Organizations that support this bill may include dyslexia advocacy groups, parent groups focused on reading success, and education reform organizations that favor phonics-based, research-backed reading instruction.
Vote No on this bill if you want schools to keep more freedom over reading curriculum and teaching methods, avoid new state mandates and screening rules, and reduce added costs, training demands, and paperwork for districts.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include school administrator groups, teachers unions, curriculum groups that prefer local control, and advocates worried about added testing, staffing needs, and limits on certain reading methods.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want hospitals to stop forcing nurses to work beyond scheduled hours except in true emergencies, give nurses rest after very long shifts, and protect patient safety by reducing fatigue.
Organizations that support this bill may include nurse unions, patient safety groups, hospital worker advocates, and labor organizations that want to reduce burnout and protect nurses from being forced into extra shifts.
Vote No on this bill if you want hospitals to keep broader authority to require overtime to handle staffing shortages and maintain flexibility in scheduling, even if nurses may be required to work longer hours.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include hospital associations, health system management groups, and some rural or understaffed hospitals that want more flexibility to cover shifts when staffing is short.