Salus populi suprema lex esto
The Welfare of the People is the Highest Law
Smart Space Act of 2026
The bill pushes GSA to reduce real estate costs and consolidate space through P3s and utilization targets—potentially saving money and increasing transparency—but it raises risks of long-term taxpayer liabilities, workforce disruption, reduced advisory safeguards, and sidelining mission‑critical but underutilized sites.
Make the American Dream Real Again Act
Davis-Bacon Repeal Act
Great American Healthcare Plan
Counter Drone State and Local Defender Act
The bill strengthens detection and counter‑UAS capabilities for airports and high‑risk sites and funds standardized local operations, but it expands authorities in ways that raise serious privacy, safety, legal‑remedy, and oversight risks for communities and drone owners.
ACE Act
The bill broadens and clarifies tax‑favored 529 uses and donor exclusions to lower families' near‑term education costs and encourage larger education savings, but does so at the cost of reduced federal revenue, greater benefits to wealthier donors, added compliance complexity, and pressures that could shift resources away from public schooling and raise state/local borrowing costs.
Life at Conception Act
The bill seeks to establish legal personhood from fertilization and extend 14th Amendment treatment to territories—potentially creating new legal protections for embryos—while also claiming to exempt pregnant people from prosecution; the net effect is greater protection for embryonic life but substantial restrictions and legal risks for reproductive health care, patients, and providers.
Auto Data Privacy and Autonomy Act
The bill gives vehicle owners much greater control over and access to vehicle data and centralizes FTC enforcement—boosting privacy, competition, and consumer remedies—while imposing new compliance, security, and implementation costs and limiting some state-level protections and public oversight.
Government Shutdown Efficiency Act
The bill keeps key federal staff paid and shields federal land from hostile foreign acquisition during funding lapses, but it does so by enabling sales of federal property and placing restrictive rules on transactions—raising the risk of lost public assets, reduced employee protections, constrained flexibility, and legal friction in legitimate deals.
Train Crew Choice Act
The bill preserves rail industry staffing flexibility and avoids potential cost increases for consumers, but does so by blocking a federal crew-size rule that proponents say would have improved worker and public safety and provided clearer regulatory standards.