Legislative Calls to Action -- March 11, 2026

The Indiana Legislature has concluded its session for 2026.

The United States Senate is in this week; the House is out.

House Republicans are in Miami, Florida, at the Trump Doral for their annual legislative retreat. Senate is in session this week in Washington, DC.

SAVE Act latest. Senate Majority Leader John Thune can’t escape the unrelenting MAGA fervor over the SAVE America Act, the House-passed bill to require photo ID and proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections.

In a Truth Social post Sunday, Trump declared he wouldn’t sign any legislation until that bill reaches his desk. Trump also demanded that several additional provisions be added to the measure — including significant curbs on mail-in ballots, complicating the effort even further. This is a significant voter suppression act. In order to pass, it requires a filibuster. There isn’t enough Senate Republican support to sustain a “talking filibuster,” the mechanism proponents like Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) are urging Thune to back. Lee was calling GOP senators over the weekend in a bid to round up additional votes, but there remained some very strong opposition.

The Senate has yet to pass a funding bill to end the DHS shutdown, now in its 23rd day. Neither of those things can happen if Trump wants the SAVE America Act to be the next order of business via a talking filibuster, which could take weeks or months to execute — if it works. (Punchbowl News) Click to email your elected officials

Dismantling of the National Center for Atmosphere Research (NCAR)

Unfortunately, the National Center for Atmosphere Research (NCAR) out in Boulder, Colorado, is still slated to be dismantled/broken apart, and the National Science Foundation is taking comments on to dismantle NCAR through the 19th.

Please call your US Senators and House Representative to ask them to support NCAR, not break it apart, and introduce legislation that will protect it. It is the mothership of weather research, and dismantling it will hurt us all (see link for the research that is done there that benefits the US and YOU!). Please call and/or email your reps (sample script below, phone numbers for calling, and link for an email).

Link about research NCAR does: https://researchworks.ucar.edu/ 

Take easy action: Click to email your elected officials 

Sample script: "I am calling to ask you to oppose the dismantling and breaking apart of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder. Please introduce legislation that will protect NCAR. Research done here supports agriculture, aviation, the military, and the quality of our forecasts. Breaking it apart will ultimately jeopardize the quality of research produced here, which will jeopardize our forecasts, the safety of Americans, and the prosperity of our country.  Thank you for your support. And Call: US Senator Todd Young for IN: (202) 224-5623 US Senator Jim Banks for IN: (202) 224-4814

Road to Housing Act

On March 2, Sens. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) introduced the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act (bill number pending), a bipartisan legislative package aimed at expanding and modernizing the nation’s housing supply. The proposal combines key provisions from the Senate’s ROAD to Housing Act  (S. 2651), released last year, with elements of the Housing for the 21st Century Act  (H.R. 6644), which previously advanced on February 9, 2026 in the U.S. House of Representatives with a vote of 390-9. The bill also includes a moratorium on large institutional investors buying single family homes—a priority of the White House.  (National Association of Counties) On February 4^th the Senate voted to advance the bill. The Senate has consistently shown overwhelming bipartisan support. (realtor.com)

War in Iran

Here's a summary of the recent congressional votes on the war in Iran:

Senate (March 4, 2026): The Senate rejected a resolution to block President Trump from ordering further strikes on Iran. Democrats, along with Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), forced the vote, but it failed 47–53, largely along party lines.  (The Washington Post)

House (March 5, 2026): The House narrowly rejected a war powers resolution that would have halted Trump's war on Iran and required congressional authorization for further attacks. The vote was 219–212, again breaking mostly along party lines. (Al Jazeera)

Two Republican representatives — Thomas Massie (KY) and Warren Davidson (OH) — voted for the resolution, while four Democrats — Henry Cuellar (TX), Jared Golden (ME), Greg Landsman (OH), and Juan Vargas (CA) — voted against it. (Council on Foreign Relations)