CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS ACTION FUND

BUD · Budget/Appropriations

Call with House staff regarding budget priorities; call with Senate staff regarding appropriations and DHS

FOR · Foreign Relations

Sent correspondence to House and Senate staff regarding the Iran war's impact on increasing mortgage costs; sent correspondence to House and Senate staff re the cost of the Iran war

TAR · Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills)

Met with Senate staff regarding the impact of tariffs on small businesses

FOO · Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.)

Prepared materials on food affordability and prices; conducted discussions with House and Senate staff on food affordability; met with Senate staff regarding food prices and policies re the same; conducted a call with Senate staff regarding food affordability; corresponded with House and Senate staff regarding SNAP cuts and the impact on mortality; met with Senate staff regarding snap mortality rates

IMM · Immigration

Conducted a call with Senate staff regarding immigration policies and funding for ICE/DHS; call with 
Senate staff regarding DHS appropriations; call with House staff regarding H1B visas and immigration policy; call with Senate staff regarding DHS and funding for DHS

EDU · Education

Scheduled meeting with House staff regarding higher education priorities and conducting the meeting; sent correspondence to Senate staff regarding school privatization; met with sent correspondence to House and Senate staff regarding K-12 cell phone use and policy recommendations regarding the same; communicated with House staff regarding education and workforce priorities and also communication with Senate staff regarding the same topic; communicated with Senate staff regarding higher education; had correspondence with House and Senate staff, sending a comment letter and data analysis that was submitted to DOE regarding student loan regulations; met with House staff regarding a congressional resolution recognizing community college month; corresponded with House and Senate staff regarding student loan regulations; met with Senate staff regarding workforce development and higher education

HCR · Health Issues

Developed outreach plans for health affordability policy ideas; met with Senate staff regarding health care priorities; sent correspondence to House and Senate staff regarding public health policy ideas; met with Senate staff regarding drug prices; met with Senate staff regarding prescription drug priorities; met with Senate staff regarding healthcare affordability; conducted a call with Senate staff regarding health issues and policy ideas relating to said issues

TAX · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Sent correspondence to Senate staff regarding S.J. Res. 9; met with House staff regarding tax policy ideas; Met with House staff regarding housing construction tax incentive; conducted a call with Senate staff regarding tax policy and also conducted a call with House staff regarding the same; met with Senate staff regarding housing tax bill; met with House and Senate staff regarding tax and housing and policy ideas regarding the same; met with House staff re S. 4080; met with Senate staff regarding tax priorities

Literal federal measure citations: S.J. Res. 9, S. 4080

GOV · Government Issues

Met with Senate staff to discuss Social Security Administration and staff levels at the agency; call with Senate staff regarding potential FCC oversight

FIN · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities

Met with House staff regarding cryptocurrency and policies related to it; met with Senate staff to discuss financial regulation and policies/ priorities related to the same; outreach to Senate staff regarding cost of living issues; met with Senate staff regarding economic priorities; corresponded with House and Senate staff and sent educational policy materials on predictive markets and insider information; met with House staff regarding economic policy ideas; met with Senate staff regarding the impact of tariffs on small businesses

FAM · Family issues/Abortion/Adoption

Put together research on child care; call with House staff regarding child care research; call with Senate staff regarding child care policy design; met with Senate staff to discuss childcare priorities including S2295 Child Care for Working Families Act and S2939 Child Care for Every Community Act; conducted meetings with Senate staff to talk about childcare priorities; outreach to House staff on early childhood research; attended congressional dad's caucus summit on child care, parental leave, etc.

Literal federal measure citations: S2295, S2939

DOC · District of Columbia

Sent correspondence to Senate staff regarding H.J. RES. 142

Literal federal measure citations: H.J. RES. 142

LBR · Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace

Scheduled meeting with House staff regarding workforce development; conducted calls with House staff regarding education and workforce priorities and also had calls with Senate staff re the same; met with Senate staff to discuss workforce development policies; met with Senate staff to discuss workforce and AI impacts; met with Senate staff regarding workforce development and higher education; sent correspondence to House and Senate staff regarding jobs day

SCI · Science/Technology

Call with senate staff regarding energy and AI data centers; met with Senate staff regarding AI and workforce development and related bill; sent correspondence to House and Senate staff regarding utilities agenda; met with House staff regarding utilities and policy related to the same; met with Senate staff regarding workforce and AI impacts; sent outreach to the House and Senate staff regarding AI and its impacts; sent correspondence to Senate and House with educational materials on AI topics, including DOD and AI companies; attended a senate/house briefing re the same (AI and DOD); worked on planning a hill briefing on AI and data centers; conducted a call with Senate staff regarding data centers; conducted a call with House staff on policy ideas relating to tech mergers

HOU · Housing

Call with Senate staff regarding Housing roundtable; Senate roundtable on Housing affordability; Call with House staff regarding housing research and economic priorities; meeting with House staff regarding housing policy design; attended a hearing on housing affordability; Presentation on housing research to House staff; ,et with House staff and Senate staff regarding housing priorities; met with Senate staff regarding housing research and met with House staff regarding the same; met with House staff regarding housing policy ideas being adapted into legislation; met with House staff regarding housing construction tax incentive; call with House staff re housing finance; met with Senate staff regarding housing tax bill; met with House and Senate staff regarding tax and housing; met with House staff regarding S. 4080; sent correspondence to House and Senate staff regarding the Iran war's impact on increasing mortgage costs

Literal federal measure citations: S. 4080

CIV · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties

Call with Senate staff regarding DJI draft legislation relating to guardianship issues; call with senate staff regarding disability policy; call with Senate and House staff regarding rights and justice issues and the same topic with CAPAC; met with Senate and House staff regarding Save Act; calls with House staff on Save Act and potential voter ID legislation

LAW · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice

Sent correspondence to House and Senate staff about crime policy; call with House staff to discuss policies related to crime issues