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The nine Supreme Court justices are the only federal judges with no binding code of conduct. This petition asks Congress to investigate reported ethics violations and pass an enforceable code, with recusal rules and transparency requirements.

Michigan’s shield protections cover reproductive health care, but not gender-affirming care. A petition from Michigan nurses asks lawmakers to bar state cooperation with out-of-state subpoenas and penalize unlawful disclosure of patient records.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth named Elon Musk to help lead Project Meridian, the Pentagon’s new 120-day task force on the future of warfare. Critics say that’s a conflict of interest, since SpaceX holds billions in Defense Department contracts.

Air Force Maj. Jason Watson held an “Impeach. Convict. Remove.” sign in uniform on the Capitol steps July 1, and the petition says he faces a general court-martial. His attorney says he’s the first major charged under Article 88; the Air Force says he’s presumed innocent.

In June, committee ranking members wrote that the Park Service is assessing a “triumphal arch” at Memorial Circle that Congress never authorized, which they say two federal statutes prohibit. Interior Secretary Burgum said in September that excavation would start within two weeks.

Sponsors filed the Save Our Sequoias Act and Fix Our Forests Act as amendments to the Senate NDAA, and 3,437 petition signers want both pulled. Conservation groups argue these are forest policy, not defense policy.

🧵 On Sept. 30, the Pennsylvania House passed a bill regulating how AI gets used in health care, 144-59. It covers health care facilities, insurers, and Medicaid and CHIP managed care plans.

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North Carolina’s House (111-1) and Senate (41-0) passed H3 on Oct. 7, suspending the motor fuel tax through Nov. 30 and exempting dyed diesel used for farming in highway vehicles through Dec. 31.

Elon Musk’s super PAC is spending heavily in close Senate races with a week to go, and one billionaire’s checkbook shouldn’t outweigh your vote. We’re asking every candidate running for your seats in Congress to cap super PAC money and close the loopholes that let one person buy an election.

3,240 signers want Congress to stop the erosion of rights by executive rule. The petition points to a 2026 federal rule moving career civil-service jobs to at-will status, CFPB enforcement cuts, and Executive Order 14173 revoking the federal-contractor equal-employment framework.

A Resistbot petition with 3,161 signers asks Congress to impeach and remove HHS Secretary RFK Jr. It cites 2,318 confirmed U.S. measles cases as of July 26, 2026, up from 2,289 in 2025 and 285 in 2024, and raises concerns about vaccine policy.

4,033 people have signed a petition asking Congress to hold an oversight hearing with the CEOs of CoreCivic and GEO Group, the main DHS detention contractors. It cites GEO’s projected $3 billion in revenue this year and reports of deaths in custody at a twenty-year high.

California Gov. Newsom signed AB 1457, requiring cities and counties with disadvantaged communities to adopt environmental justice policies in their general plans by June 30, 2031.

Postmaster General David Steiner warned in March that the Postal Service could run out of cash by early 2027 without help from Congress. This petition urges lawmakers to support the USPS.

Gardner, Kansas voted in August not to renew its contract with Flock Safety’s license plate reader cameras. This petition asks your officials to ban or strictly regulate the technology and end warrantless mass surveillance.

Valar Atomics wants to build a nuclear-powered data center on more than 9,000 acres of public land in Utah, and the Bureau of Land Management is reviewing its application. This petition asks your representatives to block data center approvals on federal public lands.

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Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro signed SB381, the “Beagle Bill,” on Oct. 22, limiting state funding for research involving dogs or cats to projects that meet set conditions and requiring labs to offer animals a vet clears for adoption when studies end.

Soldiers don’t belong at polling places, and federal agents shouldn’t be used to scare voters or overturn lawful results. We’re asking every candidate for Congress on your 2026 ballot to back a law that bans troops at the polls and punishes anyone who uses federal power to intimidate voters.

Congress still has no comprehensive federal AI law, and House leaders disagree on how far to go. This petition asks for binding rules, including independent safety evaluations and a ban on AI recursive self-improvement.

In an April letter to Congress, ICE’s then-acting director denied a database of U.S. citizens protesting ICE, but said the agency keeps records on people it encounters at some protests, including some never arrested. This petition asks Congress to make ICE stop and delete the lists.

Asked at his confirmation hearing whether he’d keep federal agents away from polling places, then-Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said, “I will commit to following the law.” This petition asks Congress to block armed federal agents from polling places.

🎙️ A smiling doctor vouches for a supplement, except the doctor was never real. Pennsylvania just signed a law making misleading AI ads say so. Get a weekly rundown on state legislatures in 12 minutes with The Tenth, powered by Amendment.

A New Jersey Assembly committee voted 4-2 to advance a bill that would bar law enforcement officers and active duty military from standing or remaining within 100 feet of a polling place or ballot drop box during an election. It hasn’t passed the full Assembly or the Senate.

Lawmakers have proposed taxing data centers’ power use, including Rep. Andrea Salinas’s bill for a 1-cent-per-kWh excise tax on centers over 1 megawatt. This petition asks Congress to also tax large AI companies and billionaires to fund health care, unemployment insurance and education.

Rep. Yassamin Ansari filed six articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in April over the Iran war, a Signal chat, obstruction of oversight and abuse of power. This petition asks Congress to sign on; a Pentagon spokesperson called it “just another charade.”

Democratic senators want an investigation into whether HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made false statements to Congress about his 2019 Samoa trip. This petition asks Congress to impeach him; HHS calls any claim he lied “false” and “defamatory.”

DC Councilmember Wendell Felder introduced a bill that would extend Business Improvement District renewal terms and require a public performance dashboard. It would also standardize the authority to adjust BID taxes.

New Jersey’s S636 would exempt the installation or alteration of certain solar energy systems from building fees, reactivating a 1985 law by updating its outdated property tax references. The goal is to make solar more affordable by cutting those costs.

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ICE is planning ERO ONE, a $100M program that would put 142 analysts in two dozen-plus cities to map the relatives, friends and acquaintances of its targets, with nothing limiting it to noncitizens. We’re asking the candidates on your 2026 ballot to block it and defund ICE’s spying at home.

About 157 members of Congress urged Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to block a reported land exchange that would hand a parcel at Yosemite’s western edge to Kingsbarn Realty Capital. Interior said in August that no final decision had been made.

In August, the Senate left for recess without passing the SAVE America Act, and a narrower photo ID bill fell short of 60 votes, 52-46. Sen. Mike Lee said afterward: “We’re not done, we’re just getting started.”

ICE awarded a $16.7 million no-bid contract for 6,000 pairs of electric shock gloves, and Rep. Delia Ramirez led 49 colleagues in demanding DHS cancel it. Reps. Madeleine Dean and Ramirez have introduced the No Shock Act to ban them.

The Massachusetts House passed an FY2026 supplemental spending bill 152-0, funding State Police, Fire Services, school construction and homelessness programs.

The Postal Service is putting Nextbase dashcams on 100 delivery vehicles in the DC area, and a letter to the carriers’ union says it wants to use the fleet’s reach to collect data. This petition asks Congress to halt the pilot, hold hearings on what’s collected, and set limits in law.

Executive orders in July shrank Bears Ears to about 121,000 acres and Grand Staircase-Escalante to about 182,000, a combined cut of nearly 3 million acres. This petition asks Congress to restore both monuments in full and protect them permanently by law.

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Trump says Elon Musk “put it back,” but Ukrainian officials say the Starshield link their troops use is still restricted. We’re asking every candidate on your 2026 ballot to restore full military and intelligence support for Ukraine, and to make it something a few powerful men can’t switch off.

The House passed the FY2027 defense bill 216-212 on July 22. This petition asks senators to vote no and to strip out Section 219 and the attached SAVE America Act.

A coalition of state attorneys general just urged Congress to pass Epstein Files Transparency Act II, which would let survivors and state attorneys general sue the Justice Department over withheld records. This petition asks your House member to co-sponsor it and vote yes.

Section 781 of last year’s funding law redefines hemp products, and most of it takes effect December 11 after the current stopgap pushed it back a month. This petition asks Congress to use the next stopgap spending bill to delay it two years, to November 2028.

An Illinois bill would bar health insurers from limiting coverage based solely on a person’s weight or BMI, and stop doctors from basing a diagnosis or treatment on BMI alone. Hospitals would have to post notices telling patients they can get care regardless of BMI.

The Pentagon confirmed it will livestream the Dec. 3 firing-squad execution of Nidal Hasan at Fort Hood, the first U.S. military execution since 1961, AP reports. This petition asks Congress to stop the broadcast.

A DHS acquisition forecast lists a contract of up to $5 million for ICE to collect voter registration and history files from as many as all 50 states and DC, according to FedScoop. The Center for Democracy and Technology says the plan undermines voter privacy.

Sen. Jeff Merkley introduced the Hong Konger Promise of Refuge Act (S5606), which would authorize lawful permanent resident status for certain Hong Kong residents granted Deferred Enforced Departure.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro signed a bill that redefines “public work” and newly defines “custom fabrication” under the state’s Prevailing Wage Act. The House passed it 128-75 and the Senate 37-13, with Republican and Democratic sponsors.

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