Dum spiro spero
While I breathe, I hope
Voter Empowerment Act of 2026
The bill substantially expands and standardizes voter access, accessibility, and security practices—modernizing registration, early voting, absentee voting, and oversight—but does so through extensive new federal mandates, reporting, funding conditions, enforcement tools, and processes that will raise costs, litigation risk, privacy/cybersecurity concerns, and transitional implementation challenges for states and localities.
Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2025
The bill increases reporting, clarity, and procedural flexibility intended to reduce wrongful denials and inform targeted reforms, but it does so at the cost of higher administrative burdens and timing changes that could make transfers less predictable and — in some cases — increase the risk that prohibited individuals obtain firearms.