U.S. Congress
The legislature whose appropriations, tariff statutes and oversight letters set the terms this site tracks.
Role in each timeline
- Trump Accounts: From the 2025 Tax Law to the July 2026 Launch and the Employer Matches
Members have introduced proposals to broaden eligibility and automatically establish accounts.
- Social Security's Next Raise: From the 2.5% COLA to the 2027 Announcement
Must decide whether to address the trust-fund shortfall and is considering proposals including the We Can't Wait Act and the Social Security 2100 Act.
- US Export Controls on AMD's AI Chips in China: From the MI250 License to MI308 and MI325X
Lawmakers were reportedly being urged not to include China-related chip-export restrictions in the defense policy bill.
- Medicare Advantage's Retreat: From the 2026 Rate Hike to the 2027 Plan Exits and Open Enrollment
Is considering MA-related legislation, including the Saving MEDICARE Act and H.R. 4093, which the House Ways and Means Committee advanced in September.
- US Export Controls on Nvidia AI Chips to China: A100 to H20 to H200
Included lawmakers whom NVIDIA and AMD reportedly sought to dissuade from adding restrictions to the defense bill.
U.S. Congress across every timeline
Every dated entry that names U.S. Congress, from all 5 timelines, newest first.
20262 entries
- Reports say AMD and Nvidia lobby against China export restrictions Report
Benzinga and Newsquawk reported that AMD and Nvidia were lobbying the Trump administration over proposed China-related chip-export restrictions in an annual defense policy bill. The reports attributed the account to Politico and sources.
on US Export Controls on AMD's AI Chips in China: From the MI250 License to MI308 and MI325X - NVIDIA and AMD lobby against additional China chip restrictions Response
Politico reported that NVIDIA and AMD urged the Trump administration to discourage lawmakers from including China-related chip-export restrictions in the annual defense policy bill. The reported outreach sought to prevent the proposed restrictions from being added to that bill.
on US Export Controls on Nvidia AI Chips to China: A100 to H20 to H200
20253 entries
- SSA reports expanded online access and faster 800-number service Report
The Social Security Administration sent Congress a fiscal-year-end update on online access and customer service. It reported moving its online portal from 29 scheduled weekly downtime hours to 24/7 availability and reducing average 800-number answer speed from 28 minutes to 15 minutes in FY 2025.
on Social Security's Next Raise: From the 2.5% COLA to the 2027 Announcement - The One Big Beautiful Bill Act creates Trump Accounts: $1,000 for babies born 2025 through 2028 Regulatory
The law signed on July 4 added section 530A to the tax code: a tax-deferred account for every child under 18 with a Social Security number, a one-time $1,000 Treasury deposit for children born from January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2028, contributions of up to $5,000 a year (employers up to $2,500 of that), investment limited to low-cost US index funds, no withdrawals until 18, and accounts opening no earlier than July 4, 2026.
on Trump Accounts: From the 2025 Tax Law to the July 2026 Launch and the Employer Matches - The One Big Beautiful Bill Act rewrites federal student lending: RAP, loan caps, Grad PLUS ends Regulatory
President Trump signed the reconciliation law (P.L. 119-21, later rebranded by the administration as the Working Families Tax Cuts Act). For student loans it created the Repayment Assistance Plan and a Tiered Standard plan, ended Grad PLUS for new borrowers and capped graduate ($20,500 a year, $100,000 total), professional ($50,000, $200,000) and Parent PLUS borrowing from July 1, 2026, sunset SAVE, PAYE and ICR by July 1, 2028, and allowed a second loan rehabilitation. Some provisions, such as dropping IBR's partial-financial-hardship test, took effect immediately.
on Student Loans After SAVE: From the Court Block to the Repayment Assistance Plan
19731 entry
- Legislation enacted in 1973 makes Social Security increases automatic cost-of-living adjustments Regulatory
Until then every benefit increase was a separate act of Congress. The 1972 and 1973 Social Security amendments tied benefits to the Consumer Price Index instead, so that from 1975 the raise would follow measured inflation rather than a vote. The Social Security Act's section 215(i) still carries the formula.
on How the Social Security COLA Is Set: From the 1973 Law to the Third-Quarter CPI-W Formula