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Vote Yes on this bill if you want to shorten the standard workweek to 32 hours, expand overtime pay, protect workers from losing pay or benefits as the new limits take effect, and give people more time for family, rest, and other responsibilities.
Organizations that support this bill may include labor unions, worker advocacy groups, and groups that promote work-life balance and stronger overtime protections.
Vote No on this bill if you want to keep the 40-hour standard workweek, avoid higher labor costs and scheduling limits for employers, and reduce the risk that businesses may cut hiring, raise prices, or reduce hours to manage the new overtime rules.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include business associations, chambers of commerce, and employer groups in industries that rely on long hours or flexible scheduling.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want Medicare lab test prices to be based on broader and more accurate market data, with slower payment cuts and better protection for seniors' access to testing.
Organizations that support this bill may include clinical laboratory associations, hospital and health system groups, and senior or patient advocates that want more stable Medicare coverage for lab testing.
Vote No on this bill if you want to avoid changes that may increase Medicare spending, rely on a new outside claims database system, or reduce pressure to lower lab payment rates.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include taxpayer watchdog groups, budget hawks, and insurers or policy groups concerned that slower Medicare payment cuts could raise federal health care spending.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want the IRS to test artificial intelligence to catch tax fraud, stop improper refunds, protect people from identity theft, and report back on whether the tool works.
Organizations that support this bill may include taxpayer watchdog groups, government modernization advocates, anti-fraud organizations, and groups focused on protecting identity theft victims.
Vote No on this bill if you want to avoid expanding IRS use of artificial intelligence, reduce the risk of mistakes or unfair flagging of taxpayers, and protect against greater government monitoring of tax returns.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include digital privacy advocates, civil liberties groups, and tax preparer or small business groups worried about false flags and increased IRS scrutiny.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want faster and larger federal investment in ports, dams, levees, flood control, drought planning, water systems, and habitat restoration, along with more help for local communities and Tribes.
Organizations that support this bill may include port authorities, shipping and construction industry groups, local water agencies, flood-control districts, labor unions, Tribal governments, and communities seeking federal funding for dredging, flood protection, water supply, and ecosystem restoration.
Vote No on this bill if you want to limit federal spending and borrowing, avoid speeding up permits and dredging, and keep a tighter check on new water infrastructure projects, land transfers, and federal involvement in local water policy.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include taxpayer watchdog groups, small-government advocates, and environmental or property-rights groups that object to the bill's large spending, faster permitting, expanded dredging, and some land-use and liability changes.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want Congress and the public to get yearly, online information about federal projects that are years late or at least $1 billion over budget, so agencies face more pressure to control costs.
Organizations that support this bill may include taxpayer watchdog groups, open-government advocates, and fiscal responsibility organizations that want more public reporting on wasteful federal projects.
Vote No on this bill if you want to avoid new reporting requirements that could increase administrative work for agencies and contractors or risk oversimplifying why complex projects run late or cost more.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include some federal contractor associations, agency management groups, or national security advocates concerned that the reporting rules could add paperwork, invite second-guessing, or expose sensitive project details.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want most new cars sold in the United States to include easy access to AM radio so drivers can receive local news and emergency warnings during disasters and other crises.
Organizations that support this bill may include radio broadcasters, emergency management groups, first responder organizations, and rural advocacy groups that want AM radio kept in new vehicles for emergency alerts and local news.
Vote No on this bill if you want car makers and consumers to decide for themselves whether to include AM radio, instead of having the federal government require it as standard equipment in new vehicles.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include automakers, electric vehicle companies, and technology trade groups that do not want a federal mandate requiring AM radio in every new passenger vehicle.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want the National Park Service to give qualified current tenants one lease extension without rebidding, so they have more certainty to maintain, improve, and invest in park facilities.
Organizations that support this bill may include national park lessees, historic preservation groups, tourism and hospitality businesses, and local chambers of commerce that want more lease stability for long-term investment in park properties.
Vote No on this bill if you want leases in national parks to go through a new competitive bidding process instead of allowing current tenants to renew without new bids.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include government watchdog groups, open-bidding advocates, and public lands organizations that worry the bill reduces competition and gives current tenants an advantage.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want the federal government to build a single, easy-to-use public map system showing where people can boat, fish, and dive in federal ocean waters, with regular updates that improve safety, trip planning, and public access.
Organizations that support this bill may include recreational boating groups, sportfishing organizations, outdoor recreation advocates, mapping and navigation technology groups, and conservation organizations that want clearer public information about ocean access, safety, and fishing rules.
Vote No on this bill if you want to avoid new federal website and data-management requirements, limit government spending on mapping tools, and keep the current system in which ocean access and restriction information remains spread across different agencies and sources.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include taxpayer watchdog groups, limited-government advocates, and some Tribal, privacy, or commercial fishing interests that worry a new federal mapping system could cost too much, create confusion, or raise concerns about how sensitive water-use information is presented.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want to cancel the EPA decision allowing California to enforce stricter pollution standards for ocean-going vessels at berth and reduce compliance costs for the shipping industry.
Organizations that support this bill may include shipping companies, port trade groups, and business associations that want to block California’s stricter dockside vessel pollution rules.
Vote No on this bill if you want California to keep its stricter dockside vessel pollution rules in place to reduce harmful emissions near ports and protect air quality and public health.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include environmental groups, public health advocates, and communities near major ports that want stronger limits on ship emissions.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want to continue federal support for water research, put more focus on shared water problems between states, and help communities plan for water quality and supply needs tied to new economic growth.
Organizations that support this bill may include universities, water research institutes, environmental groups, and industries that depend on reliable water supplies, because it renews federal funding for water research and encourages cooperation on problems that cross state lines.
Vote No on this bill if you want to limit federal spending, keep water research decisions closer to the state level, and avoid expanding federal research priorities to cover the water demands of emerging industries like artificial intelligence.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include taxpayer watchdog groups, advocates of smaller federal government, and groups that prefer state control over water policy, because it continues federal spending and broadens research priorities to include growing industries like AI.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want federal regulators to study how large energy users like AI data centers may raise power costs and develop ways to better protect households and small businesses.
Organizations that support this bill may include consumer advocacy groups, residential ratepayer organizations, small business associations, and state utility watchdogs concerned about rising electricity bills.
Vote No on this bill if you want to avoid adding a new federal review process and prefer to leave decisions about electricity pricing and large power users mostly to existing market and state systems.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include data center industry groups, large industrial power users, and utilities or business groups that see it as a step toward more federal oversight of energy pricing.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want large credit card issuers to offer at least two unaffiliated processing networks, give merchants more power to choose cheaper routing options, and block risky or foreign state-backed networks from handling covered transactions.
Organizations that support this bill may include retail trade groups, convenience store associations, small business groups, and merchant organizations that want more competition in credit card processing and lower transaction fees.
Vote No on this bill if you want to preserve the current credit card network system, avoid new federal rules on card routing and security standards, and reduce the risk that banks respond by changing rewards, fees, or other card benefits.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include large banks, major credit card network companies, and financial industry trade groups that want to keep current network arrangements and worry about lost revenue or added compliance costs.