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Explore lawmakers, documented AI policy positions, committee roles, and legislative records as the 120th Congress takes shape.
Explore Congress →A nonpartisan civic resource · Updated November 2026
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Legislation
Follow AI-related bills, sponsors, votes, amendments, and legislative progress, with historical policy records kept separate.
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Follow congressional hearings, AI policy proposals, regulatory changes, member statements, and significant state policy news.
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September 16, 2026
InfrastructureCongress
House passes bipartisan bill addressing data-center electricity costs
The House voted 417–3 to pass the Ratepayer Protection Act, the first federal bill to take on data-center electricity costs and who pays for the infrastructure they create.
Why this mattersData centers have moved from a largely local permitting and infrastructure issue into federal AI policy. Electricity costs, grid expansion, and who pays for new infrastructure are increasingly part of the political debate around AI development.
Read the briefing →Congress, policy & regulation · Verified through November 2026
Latest developments
ElectionsDisclosureUpdated this week
Transformer correction raises AI-focused PAC spending total to $80.29M
Transformer’s filing-deduplication correction raises tracked AI-focused super-PAC spending to $80.29M — $42.91M pro-safety and $37.38M pro-innovation.
Regulation
Senate negotiators consider federal AI “duty of care”
Senate negotiators are discussing a federal AI “duty of care” that could require advanced-model developers to mitigate major known risks — and possibly preempt state rules.
September 11, 2026
ElectionsDisclosure
AI-focused PAC spending reaches $71.29M as pro-safety groups pull ahead
Transformer's FEC tracker reports $71.29M in AI-focused super-PAC spending on 2026 candidates — $43.72M pro-safety, $27.58M pro-innovation.
October 30, 2026Transformer News FEC tracker ↗
Elections
August 25 elections finalize several races
Darline Graham won South Carolina's Republican Senate runoff. Everton Blair won Georgia's 13th District special-election runoff with 53.95% of the vote. In Oklahoma, N'Kiyla “Jasmine” Thomas won the Democratic Senate nomination and will face Republican Kevin Hern in November.
August 26, 2026
Historical election research
2026 Election Spending
Independent expenditures supporting or opposing candidates during the 2026 election cycle. These are dated historical figures, not a live total for the current Congress.
$80.29M
Pro-innovation$37.38M
Pro-safety$42.91M
- Reporting period
- 2026 election cycle
- Most recent verification
- Nov 12, 2026
Source: Transformer News FEC tracker. Independent expenditures are not combined with campaign contributions, lobbying, or other disclosures.
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