Which member of Congress has your back?

Look up any member of Congress. See how they voted, where their campaign funding comes from, and who lobbied on the bills that affect you.

Data: FEC · Congress.gov · clerk.house.gov / senate.gov · ProPublica

Bill Breakdown

How Congress voted on legislation that matters — and who funded the politicians who decided.

+ 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act H.R. 6644
Passed
Bill impact
What it does: A bill to expand affordable housing by reforming zoning and permitting laws, increasing housing development incentives, and addressing structural barriers to homeownership for low- and moderate-income families.
Who it helps: Current homeowners who benefit from restricted housing supply keeping property values high; real estate investors in supply-constrained markets; local governments and neighborhoods that resist zoning changes. Impact: Would have created 500K affordable housing units by expanding FHA limits and HOME program funding for 3M low-income renters
Who it hurts: Low- and moderate-income renters in communities with housing shortages; first-generation homebuyers; renters spending over 30% of income on housing in high-cost metro areas; 3 million households on FHA program waitlists.
Sources
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Who lobbied this bill (top 100 by spend)
Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A.$18.0M
National Association of Realtors$15.9M
American Bankers Association$1.7M
National Multifamily Housing Council Inc$1.6M
Credit Union National Association, INC. dba America's Credit Unions$1.1M
How Congress voted
Vote data not yet curated for this bill
+ American Rescue Plan Act H.R. 1319
Enacted
Bill impact
What it does: A $1.9 trillion 2021 law providing COVID-19 relief through direct stimulus payments, extended unemployment benefits, an expanded Child Tax Credit, state and local aid, and vaccine distribution funding.
Who it helps: Businesses that gain leverage from worker economic precarity; fiscal conservatives opposing federal deficit expansion; financial sector benefiting from lower-than-otherwise consumer inflation. Impact: $1,400 direct payments to 160M Americans; expanded Child Tax Credit cut child poverty by 46% in 2021
Who it hurts: 160 million Americans receiving $1,400 stimulus payments, parents of 65 million children whose Child Tax Credit doubled, 11 million unemployed workers on extended benefits, uninsured individuals, small businesses, and state and local governments.
Sources
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Who lobbied this bill (top 100 by spend)
No lobbying records found for this bill.
How Congress voted
Senate vote — March 6, 2021
✓ Yes: 50✗ No: 49
House vote — March 10, 2021
✓ Yes: 220✗ No: 211
House vote was to concur in the Senate amendment, sending the bill to the President. Signed into law March 11, 2021.
+ Consolidated Appropriations Act 2021 H.R. 133
Enacted
Bill impact
What it does: A $2.3 trillion omnibus bill funding the federal government for fiscal year 2021 and providing $900 billion in COVID-19 relief, including $600 direct payments, extended unemployment benefits, and business aid.
Who it helps: Businesses that preferred smaller direct payments; employers who benefit from workers' economic urgency; fiscal conservatives who opposed the level of deficit spending. Impact: $600 direct payments and $300/week extended unemployment for 16M workers through March 2021
Who it hurts: Federal workers and program beneficiaries across all agencies; 16 million workers receiving $300/week extended unemployment; households receiving $600 stimulus payments; small businesses and nonprofits receiving PPP funding.
Sources
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Who lobbied this bill (top 100 by spend)
No lobbying records found for this bill.
How Congress voted
Vote data not yet curated for this bill
+ PPP and Health Care Enhancement Act H.R. 266
Enacted
Bill impact
What it does: A 2020 law adding $484 billion in funding to the Paycheck Protection Program for small businesses, along with $75 billion for hospitals and $25 billion for COVID-19 testing infrastructure.
Who it helps: Larger businesses and banks that processed higher-fee PPP loans before smaller businesses were cut off from the original funding; financial institutions that administered PPP loans. Impact: Provided $310B additional PPP funding that saved an estimated 2.5M small business jobs during COVID shutdowns
Who it hurts: Small businesses that exhausted first-round PPP funding, representing approximately 2.5 million saved jobs; hospitals and health systems receiving $75 billion in relief; testing programs serving tens of millions of Americans.
Sources
No source loaded.
Who lobbied this bill (top 100 by spend)
No lobbying records found for this bill.
How Congress voted
Vote data not yet curated for this bill
+ Families First Coronavirus Response Act H.R. 6201
Passed
Bill impact
What it does: A March 2020 law requiring paid emergency sick and family leave for workers affected by COVID-19, mandating free testing, expanding Medicaid funding, and providing nutrition assistance during the pandemic.
Who it helps: Large employers with 500+ employees exempt from the paid leave mandate; staffing agencies and gig economy companies that avoided paid leave obligations; businesses that preferred no federal paid leave floor. Impact: Mandated two weeks paid sick leave for 87M private-sector workers; provided free COVID testing to 40M uninsured
Who it hurts: 87 million private-sector workers gaining two weeks of paid sick leave; 40 million uninsured Americans gaining free COVID testing; working parents with sick children; low-income families on expanded nutrition assistance.
Sources
No source loaded.
Who lobbied this bill (top 100 by spend)
No lobbying records found for this bill.
How Congress voted
Vote data not yet curated for this bill
+ Access to Baby Formula Act 2022 H.R. 7791
Enacted
Bill impact
What it does: A 2022 emergency measure providing supplemental FDA funding and import flexibility to address a nationwide infant formula shortage caused by a major manufacturer recall and supply chain disruptions.
Who it helps: Domestic infant formula manufacturers (Abbott, Mead Johnson, Gerber) who gained market share from reduced import competition; specialty formula providers during the scarcity period. Impact: During 2022 shortage, 43 states had out-of-stock rates above 40%; 3.5M formula-fed infants faced supply disruption
Who it hurts: 3.5 million formula-fed infants during the 2022 shortage, particularly low-income families relying on WIC; 43 states reporting out-of-stock rates above 40%; parents unable to access alternatives at any price.
Sources
No source loaded.
Who lobbied this bill (top 100 by spend)
No lobbying records found for this bill.
How Congress voted
Vote data not yet curated for this bill
+ Protecting Medicare from Sequester Cuts S. 610
Enacted
Bill impact
What it does: A bill to temporarily suspend or offset the automatic sequestration cuts that would otherwise reduce Medicare provider reimbursement rates under the Budget Control Act spending caps.
Who it helps: Deficit hawks and fiscal conservatives who support automatic spending caps as a budget mechanism; budget negotiators who use Medicare cuts as leverage in broader fiscal negotiations. Impact: Prevented automatic 2% Medicare sequester cuts protecting 60M beneficiaries from reduced reimbursements that would have shrunk provider networks
Who it hurts: 60 million Medicare beneficiaries who could face reduced access to providers if reimbursement rates fell by 2%; physicians, hospitals, and rural providers most vulnerable to reduced reimbursements.
Sources
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Who lobbied this bill (top 100 by spend)
No lobbying records found for this bill.
How Congress voted
Vote data not yet curated for this bill
+ Keep Kids Fed Act 2022 S. 2089
Enacted
Bill impact
What it does: A 2022 law providing operational flexibility to summer and school meal programs to address supply chain disruptions and extend pandemic-era waivers allowing schools to serve meals at no cost to all children.
Who it helps: States and districts that preferred returning to means-tested meal programs after pandemic waivers; fiscal conservatives opposing universal school meal costs. Impact: Extended pandemic school meal waivers providing free meals to 10M additional children through June 2023
Who it hurts: 10 million additional children who received free school meals under extended pandemic waivers; low-income families in districts unable to afford universal free meals without federal reimbursement.
Sources
No source loaded.
Who lobbied this bill (top 100 by spend)
No lobbying records found for this bill.
How Congress voted
Vote data not yet curated for this bill
+ Bankruptcy Threshold Adjustment Act S. 3823
Enacted
Bill impact
What it does: A bill to permanently increase the debt ceiling under which small businesses can file for streamlined Subchapter V bankruptcy, making restructuring more accessible for small and mid-sized enterprises.
Who it helps: Secured creditors and banks who prefer Chapter 7 liquidation over reorganization; institutional lenders who benefit from higher-threshold cases remaining in more complex standard bankruptcy proceedings. Impact: Raised Subchapter V debt ceiling from $2.75M to $7.5M, making bankruptcy restructuring accessible to 180K additional small businesses
Who it hurts: 180,000 additional small businesses with debts between $2.75M and $7.5M that gained access to streamlined Subchapter V bankruptcy; small business owners who can reorganize without liquidating their business.
Sources
No source loaded.
Who lobbied this bill (top 100 by spend)
No lobbying records found for this bill.
How Congress voted
Vote data not yet curated for this bill
+ Farm and Food Security Act 2026 H.R. 7567
Bill impact
What it does: A reauthorization of the Farm Bill governing federal agricultural and nutrition policy, covering SNAP food assistance, crop insurance, conservation programs, rural development funding, and commodity price supports.
Who it helps: Agribusiness corporations seeking fewer commodity program regulations; fiscal conservatives seeking SNAP reductions; large commodity traders who operate with less price support competition. Impact: Reauthorizes SNAP for 42M Americans; program kept 3.2M people out of poverty annually in recent years
Who it hurts: 42 million SNAP recipients; 2 million farmers and ranchers relying on crop insurance and commodity price supports; rural communities dependent on USDA development programs; food banks receiving commodity purchases.
Sources
No source loaded.
Who lobbied this bill (top 100 by spend)
American Security Fund$280K
How Congress voted
No floor vote in either chamber
+ Protecting Retirement Savings Act H.R. 2988
Bill impact
What it does: A bill strengthening fiduciary duty protections for 401(k) and pension plan participants and restricting the use of non-financial ESG factors in managing ERISA-covered retirement plan investments.
Who it helps: Traditional asset managers and non-ESG funds competing for retirement plan assets; fossil fuel producers and defense companies whose stocks are excluded from ESG screens; financial advisors who sell conventional non-ESG products.
Who it hurts: 55 million 401(k) participants barred from ESG investment options; plan participants who would have benefited from ESG funds that have outperformed traditional benchmarks. Impact: Bans 55M 401k participants from ESG funds that have outperformed traditional benchmarks by 2.4% annually since 2015
Sources
No source loaded.
Who lobbied this bill (top 100 by spend)
Aarp$5.3M
American Council of Life Insurers$4.1M
American Association for Justice$1.8M
Principal Financial Group$1.4M
Investment Company Institute$1.3M
How Congress voted
No floor vote in either chamber
+ Tipped Employee Protection Act H.R. 2312
Bill impact
What it does: A bill to codify Department of Labor tip credit regulations, clarify when employers may take a tip credit, and ensure that tips belong to employees and cannot be pooled with non-tipped managers.
Who it helps: Restaurant owners, hotel operators, and service industry employers who can pay newly covered workers as little as $2.13/hour; the National Restaurant Association, which lobbied for the tipped minimum wage structure.
Who it hurts: 5.5 million workers in industries newly made eligible for tip credit, who could be paid as little as $2.13/hour federal tipped minimum; workers in industries where tips are irregular or low. Impact: Expands tipped employee definition to cover 5.5M more workers who could be paid as little as $2.13/hour federal tipped minimum
Sources
No source loaded.
Who lobbied this bill (top 100 by spend)
National Restaurant Association$2.5M
National Retail Federation$1.6M
Afl-cio$760K
Center for Law and Social Policy (Clasp)amount undisclosed
How Congress voted
No floor vote in either chamber
+ Affordable HOMES Act H.R. 5184
Bill impact
What it does: A bill that rescinds Department of Energy energy efficiency standards for HUD-code manufactured homes, rolling back requirements that would have reduced utility costs for manufactured home owners.
Who it helps: Manufactured home manufacturers (Cavco Industries, Skyline Champion) avoiding energy efficiency compliance costs; manufactured home community operators; HUD-code housing trade associations.
Who it hurts: 8 million manufactured homeowners — disproportionately low-income, rural, and elderly — who lose $250–$400/year in utility savings from rescinded energy efficiency standards. Impact: Rescinds energy efficiency standards for 8M manufactured homes; low-income owners lose $250-400/year in utility savings
Sources
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Who lobbied this bill (top 100 by spend)
American Chemistry Council$6.8M
Basf Corporation$200K
Sierra Club$80K
Center for Responsible Lending a Supporting Corp of Ctr for Community Self-help$80K
American Council for an Energy-efficient Economy$80K
How Congress voted
House vote — January 9, 2026
✓ Yes: 263✗ No: 147
House passed; the Senate has not yet voted.
+ Do No Harm in Medicaid Act H.R. 498
Bill impact
What it does: A 2025 bill imposing Medicaid work requirements, restricting Medicaid funding for gender-affirming care, and limiting the scope of ACA Medicaid expansion eligibility for working-age adults.
Who it helps: States seeking to reduce Medicaid rolls and budget expenditures; managed care organizations receiving fewer Medicaid enrollments; employers who benefit from reduced worker bargaining power when employees fear losing Medicaid coverage.
Who it hurts: Working-age Medicaid recipients in expansion states — CBO projects 10 million of 13 million affected would lose coverage; individuals with chronic conditions, disabilities, or caregiving responsibilities who cannot document work hours. Impact: CBO projects work requirements would cause 10M of 13M affected Medicaid recipients to lose coverage
Sources
No source loaded.
Who lobbied this bill (top 100 by spend)
American Academy of Family Physicians$2.8M
United States Telecom Assn$640K
Human Rights Campaign$614K
American Civil Liberties Union$580K
Competitive Carriers Association$480K
How Congress voted
No floor vote in either chamber
+ Social Security Child Protection Act H.R. 5348
Bill impact
What it does: A bill to prohibit the Social Security Administration from sharing its records with immigration enforcement agencies, protecting children who receive Social Security benefits from enforcement actions against their parents.
Who it helps: Immigration enforcement agencies seeking access to SSA records; those who support using Social Security data in enforcement actions against undocumented parents. Impact: 4.4M children receive Social Security benefits averaging $972/month; protects eligibility from proposed benefit cuts
Who it hurts: 4.4 million children receiving Social Security benefits averaging $972/month whose parents are undocumented and at risk of deportation; mixed-status families relying on children's Social Security payments for household income.
Sources
No source loaded.
Who lobbied this bill (top 100 by spend)
Aarp$3.8M
How Congress voted
No floor vote in either chamber
+ No Hidden FEES Act H.R. 6543
Bill impact
What it does: A bill requiring hotels, vacation rental platforms, and other hospitality businesses to display the total price of a booking including all fees and charges upfront at the time of search.
Who it helps: Hotel chains (Marriott, Hilton, Hyatt, IHG) that advertise artificially low rates while collecting resort fees; short-term rental platforms (Airbnb, Vrbo) that add cleaning fees and service charges at checkout. Impact: FTC estimates junk fees cost American households $65B annually; bill would have required all-in pricing across major industries
Who it hurts: Hotel guests and vacation rental customers deceived by advertised prices that exclude resort fees, cleaning fees, and service charges averaging $40/night; consumers comparing prices across booking platforms.
Sources
No source loaded.
Who lobbied this bill (top 100 by spend)
No lobbying records found for this bill.
How Congress voted
No floor vote in either chamber
+ CASH Act H.R. 9051
Bill impact
What it does: A 2020 bill passed by the House to increase the COVID-19 stimulus payment from $600 to $2,000 per adult; blocked in the Senate and never enacted into law.
Who it helps: Banks and financial institutions retaining customer deposits rather than seeing them converted to consumer spending; employers who benefit from workers' economic urgency to return to jobs. Impact: Passed House 275-134 on December 28, 2020. Senate never held a floor vote. Would have raised COVID direct payments from $600 to $2,000 — $4B more per week into working families' hands
Who it hurts: Approximately 160 million Americans who received $600 stimulus checks and would have received $2,000 had this passed; households earning under $75,000 hit hardest by pandemic income loss.
Sources
No source loaded.
Who lobbied this bill (top 100 by spend)
No lobbying records found for this bill.
How Congress voted
No floor vote in either chamber
+ Emergency Housing Protections Act H.R. 7301
Bill impact
What it does: A 2020 bill to establish a national eviction moratorium and mortgage forbearance program for renters and homeowners facing income loss during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Who it helps: Landlords who preferred to proceed with evictions; mortgage servicers and lenders seeking to foreclose on distressed properties; real estate investors positioned to purchase properties at distressed prices. Impact: Extended eviction moratorium protecting 12M renters at risk; provided $100B in emergency rental assistance
Who it hurts: 12 million renters at risk of eviction during the COVID-19 pandemic; homeowners facing foreclosure or missed mortgage payments; low-income households spending over half their income on housing.
Sources
No source loaded.
Who lobbied this bill (top 100 by spend)
No lobbying records found for this bill.
How Congress voted
No floor vote in either chamber
+ ACA Patient Protection Enhancement Act H.R. 1425
Bill impact
What it does: A bill to strengthen Affordable Care Act protections by capping out-of-pocket premiums, expanding marketplace subsidies, and closing the Medicaid coverage gap in states that did not expand the program.
Who it helps: Health insurance companies that benefit from higher premiums in markets without enhanced subsidy competition; states that deliberately chose not to expand Medicaid; employers who prefer workers remain dependent on employer-sponsored coverage. Impact: Would have expanded ACA subsidies for 21M uninsured and closed Medicaid gap for 4M in non-expansion states
Who it hurts: 21 million uninsured Americans who would gain coverage through expanded subsidies and Medicaid gap closure; 4 million in non-expansion states; marketplace enrollees paying above 8.5% of income in premiums.
Sources
No source loaded.
Who lobbied this bill (top 100 by spend)
No lobbying records found for this bill.
How Congress voted
No floor vote in either chamber
+ Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention H.R. 7688
Bill impact
What it does: A bill authorizing the President to declare a federal energy emergency and making it unlawful to charge unconscionably excessive prices for gasoline or home heating fuel during such emergencies.
Who it helps: Integrated oil majors (ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell, BP) that collectively made $134 billion in profits in 2022; energy trading firms; petroleum refiners with significant margin pricing power during supply constraints. Impact: During 2022 spike, oil majors made $134B in profits while average family spent $5,000/year on fuel
Who it hurts: American households spending an average $5,000 on fuel in 2022; low-income commuters for whom fuel costs represent the highest share of income; small businesses with high transportation input costs.
Sources
No source loaded.
Who lobbied this bill (top 100 by spend)
No lobbying records found for this bill.
How Congress voted
No floor vote in either chamber
+ Lower Food and Fuel Costs Act H.R. 7606
Bill impact
What it does: A 2022 House-passed bill addressing inflation through regulatory rollbacks, domestic energy and agricultural production incentives, and permitting reforms intended to lower food and fuel prices.
Who it helps: Energy companies benefiting from regulatory rollbacks in the bill; agricultural producers gaining from expanded ethanol requirements; commodity traders in the markets the bill targeted. Impact: Package targeting record 8.8% share of income spent on food and fuel by working families during 2022 inflation
Who it hurts: Working families spending a record 8.8% of income on food and fuel at 2022 inflation peak; low-income households most exposed to fuel price spikes; rural communities dependent on personal vehicle transportation.
Sources
No source loaded.
Who lobbied this bill (top 100 by spend)
No lobbying records found for this bill.
How Congress voted
No floor vote in either chamber
+ Infant Formula Appropriations Act 2022 H.R. 7790
Bill impact
What it does: A 2022 emergency supplemental appropriations bill providing $28 million to the FDA and other federal agencies to accelerate response to the nationwide infant formula shortage.
Who it helps: Domestic formula manufacturers gaining market share from reduced import competition during the shortage period; suppliers and distributors managing scarce supply. Impact: Provided $28M emergency FDA funding to fast-track foreign formula safety clearances during shortage affecting 3.5M infants
Who it hurts: 3.5 million formula-fed infants affected by the shortage; WIC program participants who account for 60% of all formula consumption and had the fewest alternatives; families in lower-income brackets.
Sources
No source loaded.
Who lobbied this bill (top 100 by spend)
No lobbying records found for this bill.
How Congress voted
No floor vote in either chamber
+ Securing a Strong Retirement Act H.R. 2954
Bill impact
What it does: A bill expanding access to workplace retirement savings by requiring automatic enrollment in new plans, extending eligibility to long-term part-time workers, and raising catch-up contribution limits for older workers.
Who it helps: Financial advisors and insurance companies that work with IRA rollovers from workers who lack workplace plans; annuity sellers serving workers without employer-sponsored plans. Impact: 57M Americans have no workplace retirement plan; added auto-enrollment for 15M workers and $5,000/year catch-up contributions for ages 60-63
Who it hurts: 57 million Americans with no workplace retirement plan who benefit from expanded access; 15 million long-term part-time workers newly eligible for 401(k) enrollment; workers ages 60–63 gaining higher catch-up contribution limits.
Sources
No source loaded.
Who lobbied this bill (top 100 by spend)
No lobbying records found for this bill.
How Congress voted
No floor vote in either chamber
+ Comprehensive Debt Collection Act H.R. 2547
Bill impact
What it does: A bill updating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to restrict debt collector contact methods and frequency, ban collection of time-barred debts, and expand consumer protections against abusive collection practices.
Who it helps: Debt collection agencies and debt buyers; law firms specializing in collection litigation; financial institutions that sell charged-off debt at discount; companies that benefit from aggressive collection contact. Impact: Extended FDCPA harassment protections to 87M Americans being contacted by debt collectors on previously uncovered debt types
Who it hurts: 87 million Americans being contacted by debt collectors; borrowers with medical, student, or consumer debt subject to harassment; debtors being pursued for time-barred or previously discharged debts.
Sources
No source loaded.
Who lobbied this bill (top 100 by spend)
No lobbying records found for this bill.
How Congress voted
No floor vote in either chamber
+ Middle Class Borrower Protection Act H.R. 3564
Bill impact
What it does: A bill to repeal a 2023 FHFA mortgage fee adjustment rule that modified risk-based pricing for government-backed mortgages, which critics argued penalized high-credit-score borrowers.
Who it helps: High-credit-score borrowers who paid marginally higher fees under the FHFA risk-based rule; mortgage lenders and originators who prefer the pre-rule fee structure; critics of Biden-era FHFA rule changes.
Who it hurts: First-time homebuyers and lower-credit-score borrowers (below 680) who received fee reductions under the FHFA rule; households in the $40K–$80K income range seeking to purchase their first home. Impact: Reversed FHFA fee changes that lowered mortgage costs for buyers with lower credit scores by an average $40/month
Sources
No source loaded.
Who lobbied this bill (top 100 by spend)
No lobbying records found for this bill.
How Congress voted
House vote — June 23, 2023
✓ Yes: 230✗ No: 189
House Roll Call 289 is the final-passage vote; House Roll Call 288 the same day was a separate procedural vote, not reflected here. The Senate never held a floor vote before the 118th Congress adjourned.
+ Comprehensive Credit Reporting Act H.R. 3621
Bill impact
What it does: A bill to reduce the time negative information remains on credit reports, prohibit reporting of medical debt, and expand consumers' rights to dispute and correct inaccurate credit data.
Who it helps: Credit reporting agencies (Equifax, Experian, TransUnion) that sell data including medical debt; lenders who use credit scores containing medical debt to justify higher interest rates; debt buyers who purchase medical debt portfolios. Impact: Would have extended medical debt dispute protections for 43M Americans; medical debt is the #1 cause of personal bankruptcy
Who it hurts: 43 million Americans with medical debt on credit reports; consumers with negative credit marks from billing errors; low- and middle-income households for whom medical debt is the primary credit score barrier.
Sources
No source loaded.
Who lobbied this bill (top 100 by spend)
No lobbying records found for this bill.
How Congress voted
No floor vote in either chamber
+ Rescissions Act of 2025 H.R. 4
Bill impact
What it does: The Rescissions Act of 2025 (H.R. 4) directed the executive to rescind $8.3 billion in congressionally-approved discretionary spending, primarily cutting USAID foreign assistance programs, international development aid, and green energy investments. Passed narrowly on party-line votes. Democrats universally opposed the bill as an executive overreach that defunded programs benefiting vulnerable populations globally.
Who it helps: Budget hawks; reduces US foreign assistance commitments.
Who it hurts: Recipients of USAID programs, foreign assistance; domestic green energy workers. Impact: Rescinded $8.3B in previously-appropriated federal spending; targeted USAID foreign assistance, green energy programs, and other discretionary funds approved by prior Congress
Sources
Congress.gov H.R.4/119th Congress; Senate roll 2025-Senate-00411 (https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4)
Who lobbied this bill (top 100 by spend)
No lobbying records found for this bill.
How Congress voted
No floor vote in either chamber
+ Social Security Fairness Act H.R. 82
Enacted
Bill impact
What it does: A 2024 law eliminating the Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset, which had reduced Social Security benefits for public employees including teachers, firefighters, and police who also received government pensions.
Who it helps: Federal budget controllers who projected $196 billion in additional 10-year Social Security outlays; fiscal deficit hawks opposed to increased Social Security spending; private pension and 401(k) industry benefiting from public sector workers turning to private savings. Impact: Passed House 327-75 on November 12, 2024. Passed Senate 76-20 on December 20, 2024. Signed into law January 5, 2025. 3.1 million public servants received benefit increases averaging $360/month; SSA distributed $17B in retroactive payments by mid-2025
Who it hurts: Public sector retirees: teachers, firefighters, police, and federal workers under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS).
Sources
SSA / CBO (https://www.ssa.gov/benefits/retirement/social-security-fairness-act.html)
Who lobbied this bill (top 100 by spend)
No lobbying records found for this bill.
How Congress voted
House vote — November 12, 2024
✓ Yes: 327✗ No: 75
Senate vote — December 21, 2024
✓ Yes: 76✗ No: 20
Signed into law January 5, 2025.
+ Tax Relief for American Families Act H.R. 7024
Bill impact
What it does: A 2024 House-passed bill temporarily expanding the Child Tax Credit, restoring expired business tax provisions for research and equipment deductions, and extending several COVID-era tax incentives.
Who it helps: Senate Republicans who blocked the bill to preserve tax negotiation leverage; corporations that benefited from restored R&D expensing provisions without the expanded CTC; wealthy households who preferred tax cuts without the progressive CTC expansion. Impact: Would have lifted 400,000-500,000 children above the poverty line and provided additional support to 16 million children in low-income families
Who it hurts: Low-income families with children, especially those earning below poverty line.
Sources
CBPP / CBO (https://www.cbpp.org/research/federal-tax/about-16-million-children-in-low-income-families-would-gain-in-first-year-of)
Who lobbied this bill (top 100 by spend)
No lobbying records found for this bill.
How Congress voted
No floor vote in either chamber

Bills that never got a vote, and legislation currently before Congress.

+ AI State Regulation Moratorium H.R. 1 (provision)
No vote, either chamber
Bill impact
What it does: A provision in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025 that would prohibit state and local governments from enforcing their own artificial intelligence regulations for a period of ten years.
Who it helps: Large technology companies (Google, Meta, Amazon, Microsoft, Apple) that benefit from preemption of 1,000+ state AI regulations; AI developers seeking to avoid state rules on algorithmic discrimination, deepfakes, and child safety.
Who it hurts: Workers, consumers, and minors protected by state AI laws covering deepfakes, discrimination, privacy, and child safety.
Sources
Reason / Time / Goodwin Law (https://reason.com/2025/07/01/senate-votes-99-1-to-remove-ai-moratorium-from-big-beautiful-bill/)
This is not a separately voted bill — it's a provision within H.R.1 — so no independent status or lobbying data applies.
+ CFPB Medical Debt Rule Repeal S.J.Res. 36
No vote, either chamber
Bill impact
What it does: A Congressional Review Act resolution overturning a CFPB rule that would have removed most medical debt from consumer credit reports, affecting tens of millions of Americans with outstanding medical bills.
Who it helps: Major credit reporting agencies (Equifax, Experian, TransUnion) retaining medical debt as data; hospitals and debt buyers selling medical debt portfolios; financial institutions that use credit scores containing medical debt to justify higher interest rates.
Who it hurts: People with medical debt on credit reports, disproportionately middle-aged, Black, Latino, disabled, rural, and Southern households.
Sources
CFPB / CRS / Consumer Federation of America (https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF12169)
Who lobbied this bill (top 100 by spend)
Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A.$37.3M
Aarp$6.6M
Credit Union National Association, INC. dba America's Credit Unions$2.4M
Trans Union Llc$1.2M
Americans for Financial Reform$300K
Status
Introduced March 11, 2025 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
+ $15 Minimum Wage Senate Amendment S.Amdt.891
No vote, either chamber
Bill impact
What it does: A 2021 Senate amendment to the American Rescue Plan that would have raised the federal minimum wage to $15/hour by 2025; ruled out of order by the Senate parliamentarian under budget reconciliation rules.
Who it helps: Low-wage workers nationwide.
Who it hurts: Employers paying the $7.25/hour federal minimum, particularly restaurant chains paying the $2.13/hour tipped minimum; large retailers and fast-food operators (McDonald's, Walmart, Amazon) with the highest concentrations of minimum-wage workers.
Sources
EPI / Senate roll call (https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1171/vote_117_1_00074.htm)
This is not a separately voted bill — it's a Senate floor amendment — so no independent status or lobbying data applies.
+ DISCLOSE Act of 2026 H.R. 7802
No vote, either chamber
Bill impact
What it does: The current (119th Congress) reintroduction of the DISCLOSE Act, requiring additional disclosure of political spending by corporations, unions, and other organizations to close 'dark money' loopholes in federal election spending. Companion bill: S.3991.
Who it helps / hurts: Data not available at this time.
Sources
Internal bills table (bill_id=7801, companion S.3991=bill_id=12677); status text. (https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7802)
Who lobbied this bill (top 100 by spend)
No lobbying records found for this bill.
Status
Introduced March 4, 2026 · Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
+ Ban Corporate PACs Act H.R. 4799
No vote, either chamber
Bill impact
What it does: A bill to prohibit corporations from operating political action committees (PACs), eliminating a major channel of direct corporate campaign contributions to federal candidates. Companion bill: S.2515.
Who it helps / hurts: Data not available at this time.
Sources
Internal bills table (bill_id=4814, companion S.2515=bill_id=11177); status text. (https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4799)
Who lobbied this bill (top 100 by spend)
Arch Resources, INC. (Formerly Arch Coal, INC.)$150K
University of Nevada, Reno$40K
Status
Introduced July 29, 2025 · Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
+ End Dark Money Act H.R. 2498
No vote, either chamber
Bill impact
What it does: A bill to require 501(c)(4) 'social welfare' organizations and similar tax-exempt groups to publicly disclose donors who fund political spending, targeting the 'dark money' loophole in campaign finance law.
Who it helps / hurts: Data not available at this time.
Sources
Internal bills table (bill_id=2511); status text. (https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2498)
Who lobbied this bill (top 100 by spend)
No lobbying records found for this bill.
Status
Introduced March 31, 2025 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
+ Constitutional Amendment on Campaign Finance H.J.Res. 119
No vote, either chamber
Bill impact
What it does: A proposed constitutional amendment authorizing Congress and the states to set limits on campaign contributions and spending, prohibit corporate spending in elections, and requiring Congress to establish a system of public financing for federal candidates who qualify for the ballot.
Who it helps / hurts: Data not available at this time.
Sources
Internal bills table (bill_id=15333). NOTE: this bill exists as two identical duplicate rows in the bills table (id=15333 and id=15378 — same title, status, and introduced date) — the same unresolved duplicate-row pattern flagged for S.J.Res.26 earlier tonight, not yet root-caused. bill_id=15333 used here; the duplicate carries no additional information. (https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-joint-resolution/119)
Who lobbied this bill (top 100 by spend)
No lobbying records found for this bill.
Status
Introduced September 10, 2025 · Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Money in Politics

Documented political spending by corporations and billionaires, and the taxpayer money that flows back to them — sourced from FEC filings and USASpending.gov.

Taxpayer money to corporations — 2016 to 2025

Year Federal Contracts Federal Grants Medicare Advantage Payments Corporate Tax Breaks Medicaid Managed Care Crop Insurance A&O Subsidies
2016$140B$160M$175.8B$267.9B$258.6B$1.4B
2017$170B$73M$194.0B$286.4B$285.7B$1.5B
2018$158B$66M$218.5B$277.7B$288.2B$1.5B
2019$110B$101M$246.9B$204.9B$301.7B$1.6B
2020$143B$86M$271.2B$180.6B$347.8B$1.7B
2021$104B$207M$315.0B$177.0B$406.9B$1.9B
2022$113B$285M$362.4B$162.4B$449.0B$2.2B
2023$97B$385M$417.2B$160.4B$495.0B$2.4B
2024$115B$889M$458.1B$187.6B$496.1B
2025$64B*$1.7B*$493.4B*$263.8B
* FY2025 not yet closed (ends Sep 30, 2025); figures will increase. Table reflects 2016–2025.
This table reflects recurring annual programs only. Other taxpayer-funded benefits to corporations (e.g., one-time bailouts, loan guarantees, USDA commodity/conservation subsidies not cleanly attributable to corporations) are not included.

Corporate political spending

1Google$624M
2Amazon$602M
3FedEx$539M

Billionaire political spending

1Elon Musk$337M
2Timothy Mellon$237M
3Richard Uihlein$225M