Bill Tracker
Congress.gov is dense. Legislation is written in jargon by design. When bills are 1,000 pages of legalese, the only people who know what’s in them are the lobbyists who helped write them. We’re changing that.
Our Bill Tracker translates every bill into plain English so you can understand what your representatives are voting on in five minutes or less. Combined with the TEA Scorecard and our policy research, it gives voters a complete picture: what legislation is being proposed, how their representatives are voting, and what reforms we think would make government work better.
H.R. 0001 Government Spending Transparency Act of 2026
Government Spending Transparency Act of 2026
Plain English Summary
This bill would require every federal agency to publish a machine-readable, line-item breakdown of how it spends taxpayer money. The data must be updated quarterly and posted on a single public website. It also creates an independent auditor to spot-check the numbers and flag discrepancies.
TEA Analysis
This is a straightforward transparency win. Line-item spending data lets journalists, watchdogs, and everyday voters follow the money. The independent auditor adds teeth. We see no meaningful downside for taxpayers.
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S. 0002 Federal Permitting Reform Act
Federal Permitting Reform Act
Plain English Summary
This bill sets a two-year maximum timeline for federal environmental and construction permits. Agencies that miss the deadline must issue a provisional approval or provide a written justification to Congress. It also consolidates duplicative review processes across agencies into a single coordinated review.
TEA Analysis
Permit delays add billions in costs to infrastructure projects, and those costs ultimately hit taxpayers and consumers. A hard timeline with accountability is a solid efficiency measure. The environmental review consolidation reduces redundancy without eliminating protections.
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H.R. 0003 Prescription Drug Pricing Fairness Act
Prescription Drug Pricing Fairness Act
Plain English Summary
This bill allows Medicare to negotiate prices on the 250 most expensive prescription drugs, up from the current cap of 20. It also caps out-of-pocket insulin costs at $35 per month for all insured Americans, not just Medicare recipients. Drug companies that raise prices faster than inflation must pay a rebate to the federal government.
TEA Analysis
Expanding Medicare negotiation is a direct affordability measure that puts downward pressure on drug prices. The insulin cap extends a popular policy to more people. The inflation rebate discourages price gouging. This bill checks the affordability box clearly, and the pricing transparency requirements earn a transparency tag as well.
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S. 0004 Congressional Stock Trading Ban Act
Congressional Stock Trading Ban Act
Plain English Summary
This bill prohibits sitting members of Congress, their spouses, and dependent children from buying or selling individual stocks while in office. Members would have six months to divest existing holdings into blind trusts, index funds, or Treasury bonds. Violations would trigger automatic fines starting at $10,000 per transaction.
TEA Analysis
Banning congressional stock trading is one of the clearest transparency and accountability reforms available. Members of Congress vote on legislation that directly affects the companies they own shares in. This bill closes that conflict of interest. The automatic fines add real enforcement. This is a top-tier TEA bill.
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H.R. 0005 Federal Agency Consolidation Act of 2026
Federal Agency Consolidation Act of 2026
Plain English Summary
This bill merges three overlapping small business support agencies (SBA regional offices, MBDA, and parts of the EDA) into a single Small Business and Entrepreneurship Administration. It eliminates duplicative reporting requirements, consolidates grant programs, and reduces administrative overhead. Affected employees would be offered equivalent positions in the new agency.
TEA Analysis
Government reorganization that reduces duplication is a textbook efficiency win. Three agencies doing overlapping work means three sets of overhead, three compliance regimes, and confusion for the small businesses they serve. Consolidation should lower costs and simplify access. The employee protection provisions make the transition fair.
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Senate Vote
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