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About Legislative Issues

LegiStorm reaches out to each individual member office and committee to track the main point person(s) assigned to each specific issue. We identify the correct contact person on each issue regardless of their title, since some issues in an office may not be handled by a legislative assistant. We do not track issue coverage in leadership or administrative offices.

Member Office Issues

There is no standardized set of legislative policy issues for members, so we simplify tracking by using a list of issue areas similar to the Library of Congress' categorization.

A detailed list of the sub-issues under each main issue area can be found below.

Abortion
Agriculture and food
Animals
Appropriations
Armed forces and national security
Arts, culture and religion
Civil rights and liberties, minority issues
Commerce
Crime and law enforcement
Economics and public finance
Education
Emergency management
Energy
Environmental protection
Families
Finance and financial sector
Foreign trade and international finance
Government operations and politics
Guns
Health
Housing and community development
Immigration
International affairs
Labor and employment
Law and judiciary
Native Americans
Public lands and natural resources
Science and technology
Small business
Social welfare
Taxation
Telecommunications
Transportation and public works
Veterans affairs
Women's issues
Committee Issues

For committees, we use the list of issues as provided by each office with minor adjustments where appropriate to match to the list used for member offices.

A detailed list of the issues tracked for each committee can be found below.

House Administration Committee
House Agriculture Committee
House Appropriations Committee
House Armed Services Committee
House Budget Committee
House Education and the Workforce Committee
House Energy and Commerce Committee
House Ethics Committee
House Financial Services Committee
House Foreign Affairs Committee
House Homeland Security Committee
House Judiciary Committee
House Natural Resources Committee
House Oversight and Accountability Committee
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
House Rules Committee
House Science, Space and Technology Committee
House Select Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party Committee
House Small Business Committee
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
House Veterans' Affairs Committee
House Ways and Means Committee
Joint Committee on Taxation
Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate Armed Services Committee
Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee
Senate Budget Committee
Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee
Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Senate Indian Affairs Committee
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee
Senate Special Committee on Aging
Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission