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Vote Yes on this bill if you want Medicare lab test payments to be based on broader and more accurate market data, with added transparency and safeguards to help seniors keep access to common diagnostic testing.
Organizations that support this bill may include clinical laboratory associations, hospital and health system groups, patient advocacy organizations, and senior groups that want more stable access to Medicare-covered lab tests.
Vote No on this bill if you want stricter cost control in Medicare and do not want to ease future payment reductions or create new government contracting and data collection systems for lab test pricing.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include federal budget watchdogs, taxpayer groups, and health policy groups that worry the bill would slow payment cuts and raise Medicare spending.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want to make outsourcing more expensive, encourage companies to keep more jobs in the United States, and use the tax revenue for worker retraining, apprenticeships, and aid to communities hurt by job loss.
Organizations that support this bill may include labor unions, domestic manufacturing groups, worker advocacy organizations, and groups that want to discourage outsourcing and invest more in U.S. job training.
Vote No on this bill if you want to avoid new taxes and paperwork on businesses, reduce the risk of higher consumer prices, and preserve companies’ flexibility to use foreign service providers when they believe it lowers costs or improves operations.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include multinational business groups, trade associations for companies that rely on overseas services, free-trade advocates, and industry groups concerned about higher costs and more reporting rules.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want a National Medal of Honor monument placed in a highly visible part of the National Mall to honor recipients and educate the public about their service and sacrifice.
Organizations that support this bill may include veterans groups, military and patriotic organizations, Medal of Honor advocates, and people who want a prominent national monument honoring bravery and sacrifice.
Vote No on this bill if you want to keep stricter limits on building new monuments in the Mall’s most protected central area and avoid making an exception for this project.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include groups focused on limiting new construction on the National Mall, preserving open space, or avoiding special exceptions for monument placement rules.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want the Justice Department to spend more money and staff time cracking down on trade crimes, in order to better protect American workers, honest businesses, and consumers.
Organizations that support this bill may include domestic manufacturers, labor unions, anti-counterfeiting groups, and business associations that want stronger action against tariff evasion, smuggling, trade fraud, and unsafe imported goods.
Vote No on this bill if you want to avoid creating a larger federal enforcement program, limit new spending, and reduce the risk of heavier prosecution and regulatory pressure on importers and exporters.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include free-trade advocates, civil liberties groups, and import-dependent business groups that worry about expanding federal enforcement, higher compliance costs, and broader government prosecution powers.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want people in parts of Texas and California to have more convenient access to federal court, with less travel time and lower related costs.
Organizations that support this bill may include local bar associations, community leaders, and regional business groups in Texas and California that want federal courts to be easier for nearby residents to reach.
Vote No on this bill if you want to keep current federal court locations unchanged and avoid possible added administrative costs or complexity from expanding where court can be held.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include government spending watchdogs or court administration critics who worry that adding more court locations could increase costs or complicate case scheduling.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want more small businesses, individuals, and couples with high debt to have access to bankruptcy plans that let them reorganize and repay over time instead of facing harsher outcomes.
Organizations that support this bill may include small business groups, bankruptcy attorneys, and consumer advocates that want more struggling businesses and households to qualify for repayment-based bankruptcy options.
Vote No on this bill if you want to keep bankruptcy eligibility tighter so fewer debtors can use these reorganization pathways and creditors face less risk of delayed or reduced repayment.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include some creditor groups, lending industry associations, and investor advocates that worry higher debt limits could make it harder to collect what they are owed.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want victims of serious federal violent and sexual crimes to be able to get lifetime no-contact orders at sentencing, with no filing fee, to reduce future harassment, intimidation, or retraumatization.
Organizations that support this bill may include victims’ rights groups, anti-sexual violence organizations, anti-trafficking advocates, and law enforcement associations that want stronger long-term protections for victims of serious federal crimes.
Vote No on this bill if you want courts to keep more discretion over protective orders and avoid automatic lifetime restrictions that some may see as too broad, too rigid, or difficult to revisit later.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include civil liberties groups, criminal justice reform advocates, and defense attorney associations that worry about mandatory lifetime no-contact orders, limited judicial flexibility, and due process concerns.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want the Bureau of Prisons to act quickly on known safety problems, track inmate sexual harassment and assault against staff more carefully, and create national standards to better protect prison employees.
Organizations that support this bill may include correctional officers' unions, prison employee associations, workplace safety advocates, and groups that want stronger oversight of the federal prison system.
Vote No on this bill if you want to avoid expanding federal prison rules and oversight, or if you believe the bill could lead to harsher punishments and more bureaucracy without clearly solving the problem.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include civil liberties groups, prisoner rights advocates, and limited-government organizations concerned about stricter prison punishments, broader federal rules, or added bureaucracy.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want the public to share in profits from powerful AI companies, stronger government oversight of major AI firms, direct public benefits from AI growth, and tougher rules against corporate concentration and tax avoidance.
Organizations that support this bill may include labor unions, consumer advocates, artists’ and journalists’ groups, antitrust reform groups, AI safety advocates, and organizations that favor sharing AI wealth with the public.
Vote No on this bill if you want to protect private ownership of AI companies, avoid giving the federal government a 50 percent stake in major firms, reduce the risk of slowing investment and innovation, and limit new reporting and breakup requirements on the AI industry.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include large AI companies, tech industry trade groups, venture capital and investor associations, business lobbies, and free-market organizations that oppose major government ownership of private firms.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want to keep the Department of Defense from feeding military-style weapons and certain ammunition into the civilian market and to require stronger background checks, dealer standards, and tracking to reduce gun trafficking, theft, mass shootings, and self-harm.
Organizations that support this bill may include gun violence prevention groups, public health advocates, and community organizations that want stricter rules on military-style weapons, ammunition sales, background checks, and dealer oversight.
Vote No on this bill if you want to avoid new federal limits on gun and ammunition sales, prevent added compliance costs and recordkeeping rules for dealers, and allow the Defense Department to keep working with a broader range of firearms and ammunition sellers.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include gun rights groups, firearms industry trade associations, ammunition sellers, and dealers that object to tighter sales limits, added licensing, recordkeeping, and contract restrictions.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want abortion providers to be required to perform an ultrasound, give detailed information at least 24 hours in advance, and face fines or lawsuits if they do not follow these rules.
Organizations that support this bill may include anti-abortion advocacy groups, religious conservative organizations, and groups that favor stricter abortion regulations and stronger informed consent rules.
Vote No on this bill if you want to protect easier access to abortion care, reduce mandatory delays and legal risks for providers, and avoid more federal rules on private medical decisions.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include abortion rights groups, medical associations concerned about government-mandated counseling, and civil liberties organizations focused on patient autonomy and access to care.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want low-income families to keep receiving SNAP food benefits for up to 90 days during the first federal shutdown of a fiscal year.
Organizations that support this bill may include anti-hunger groups, food banks, SNAP advocates, children’s organizations, and grocery industry groups that want food assistance to continue during government shutdowns.
Vote No on this bill if you want to avoid creating automatic shutdown funding for SNAP and keep stronger pressure on Congress to resolve budget lapses through the normal appropriations process.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include federal spending watchdogs, small-government groups, and budget hawks that oppose automatic backup funding during a lapse in appropriations.