Congressional Energy Affordability Tracker
“House Democrats must do everything in our power to meaningfully lower the high cost of living.”
AEA is holding them accountable: every Democrat in the next Congress, in their own words, next to the bills they write, the votes they cast and the prices you pay.
What they are proposing
Here are seven proposals on energy costs that Democrats in the next Congress have put in bills and caucus agendas. For each one: what it does in their words, who is behind it, and whether it would lower what you pay.
Bills listed here are from the current Congress, which ends January 3, 2027. A bill that has not passed must be introduced again to continue.
What the caucuses put in writing
We found affordability agendas published in 2026 by three Democratic caucuses and the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus. Here is the energy part of each, word for word. An agenda is the caucus's position, not a pledge by every member, so a member's page lists one only when the agenda names that member.
Bills listed here are from the current Congress, which ends January 3, 2027. A bill that has not passed must be introduced again to continue.
Every Democrat elected to the 120th Congress, plus senators not up this year. Open a state to see its members. Results come from NBC News and change as races are called.
What members said they would do
What members said they would do on energy, in their own words or from their campaign sites.
How this works
Words are copied, never rewritten
Every quote is copied exactly from its source, and every quote links there: the Congressional Record, a member's own press release, their X account, their campaign site, or a news report. Trim marks and summaries are not used. Click through and read the rest.
How we read a proposal
Each proposal is quoted in its backers' own words, and its backers are counted from the bill records. Whether it would lower costs is our analysis, with the sources linked so you can check it. We draw on the Institute for Energy Research, AEA's sister organization, and on published research, and we label which is which. Where the evidence favors a proposal, we say so.
No grades for members
This page weighs proposals. It does not rate members. It sets what a member said next to what they then did. AEA's Energy Scorecard is where votes are scored.
Prices are context, not a verdict
Congress does not set the price of gasoline or power. Prices come from the U.S. Energy Information Administration and are shown so you can see what people were paying when a member spoke, and what they pay now.
Why only Democrats
Democrats won both chambers on November 3, 2026, so they will set the agenda. They also ran on affordability. AEA's Scorecard covers members of both parties.
What we may have missed
A member with little here may simply have said it somewhere we have not read. Some Senate websites refuse automated reading, X timelines reach back only so far, and many new members have little on the record. Missing here does not mean silent.
Corrections
If a quote is wrong, is missing context or belongs to someone else, tell us and we will fix it in public. The corrections address goes here before launch.