Legislative Capture
The Legislative Capture capture lane traces 659 verified events documenting this mechanism of institutional capture.
Top 10 actors in this lane
10 actors · 1787–2026
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| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-13 | Pentagon Misses Warren-Shaheen WEXMAC Deadline — No Public Response to 13 Armed Services Questions on Navy Detention Contracting
4 src Elizabeth Warren · Jeanne Shaheen · Pete Hegseth · Department of Defense · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-19 | Booker War Powers Resolution Fails 47-53 — Only Paul Crosses Party Lines for Yes, Fetterman for No
4 src Sen. Cory Booker · Sen. Rand Paul · Sen. John Fetterman | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-17 | Senate Six Democrats Prepare to Grind Chamber to Halt Over Iran War Oversight
2 src Sen. Adam Schiff · Sen. Cory Booker · Sen. Tim Kaine · Sen. Chris Murphy · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-16 | Republican Leadership Actively Avoids Public Hearings on Iran War
3 src Sen. John Thune · Senate Republicans | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-12 | AI Industry Super PACs Pour $125 Million Into 2026 Midterms to Block Regulation, Targeting Candidates With Hidden Influence Campaign
7 src OpenAI · Anthropic · Andreessen Horowitz · Marc Andreessen · +7 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-11 | Mullin DHS Confirmation Hearing Formally Scheduled for March 18 Amid Rand Paul Friction
4 src Markwayne Mullin · Rand Paul · Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee · U.S. Department of Homeland Security | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-10 | Senate Democrats Demand Public Hearings on Iran War After Closed Briefing Raises Alarms
3 src Chuck Schumer · Elizabeth Warren · Jacky Rosen · Pete Hegseth · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-10 | Senate Stablecoin Bill Stalls as Democrats Cite Trump Crypto Conflicts of Interest
4 src Donald Trump · U.S. Senate · Elizabeth Warren · Jeff Merkley · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-09 | Rand Paul Schedules Mullin DHS Confirmation Hearing for March 18, Signals Tough Questioning
3 src Markwayne Mullin · Rand Paul · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-09 | Senate Democrats Demand Hegseth and Rubio Testify on Iran War, Threaten Repeated War Powers Votes
5 src Pete Hegseth · Marco Rubio · Tim Kaine · Chris Murphy · +8 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-08 | Trump Threatens Legislative Blockade Until Congress Passes SAVE America Voter ID Act
4 src Donald Trump · U.S. Congress · Senate Republicans · Senate Democrats | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-05 | House Judiciary Committee Passes Shut Down Sanctuary Policies Act, Threatening Federal Funding Cuts
4 src Tom McClintock · House Judiciary Committee · U.S. House of Representatives · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-04 | House Rejects Iran War Powers Resolution 212-219, Completing Congress's Abdication of War Authority
7 src Mike Johnson · Thomas Massie · Warren Davidson · Jared Golden · +6 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-04 | Senate Formally Defeats Iran War Powers Resolution 47-53, Ceding War Authority to Trump
7 src Tim Kaine · Chuck Schumer · Adam Schiff · Rand Paul · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-03 | AI Industry Super PAC Backed by OpenAI Insiders and Palantir Pours Millions Into Blocking AI-Regulation Candidate Alex Bores
5 src OpenAI · Palantir Technologies · Greg Brockman · Joe Lonsdale · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-03 | Senate Republicans Block Four Democratic Resolutions Condemning Trump Foreign Emoluments and Crypto Conflicts
4 src U.S. Senate · Richard Blumenthal · Brian Schatz · Senate Republican Caucus · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-03 | Senate War Powers Resolution on Iran Fails as Republicans Defend Trump's Unauthorized War
8 src Tim Kaine · Chuck Schumer · Adam Schiff · Rand Paul · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-26 | Hillary Clinton Gives Epstein Deposition as Boebert Leaks Classified Photo, Democrats Warn Trump Will Be Next
5 src Hillary Clinton · James Comer · Robert Garcia · Lauren Boebert · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-25 | Bipartisan House Oversight Investigation Launched into DOJ Withholding of Trump-Related Epstein Files
3 src James Comer · Robert Garcia · Pam Bondi · Department of Justice · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-25 | Senate Fails Second DHS Funding Vote 50-45, Shutdown Continues as Congress Leaves for Recess
3 src Chuck Schumer · Kristi Noem · United States Senate | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-24 | New York Demands $13.5 Billion Tariff Refund After Supreme Court Ruling
3 src Kathy Hochul · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-24 | NPR Investigation Reveals DOJ Secretly Withheld Epstein Files Containing Abuse Accusations Against Trump
5 src Pam Bondi · Todd Blanche · Department of Justice · Robert Garcia · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-24 | Trump State of the Union Calls for Second Reconciliation, Celebrates Venezuela as "New Friend"
3 src Donald Trump · United States Congress | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-19 | Analysis Shows Congress Rejected Nearly All DOGE Spending Cuts in FY2026 Budget
4 src Department of Government Efficiency · Russell Vought · Office of Management and Budget · U.S. Congress · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-14 | Bondi Claims All Epstein Files Released, Sends Six-Page Justification Letter to Congress
4 src Pam Bondi · Todd Blanche · Department of Justice · Robert Garcia · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-14 | DHS Shutdown Begins as Congress Fails to Reach Immigration Reform Deal
3 src United States Senate · U.S. House of Representatives · John Thune · Chris Murphy · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-13 | House Democrats Launch Investigation into DOJ Congressional Surveillance
4 src Jamie Raskin · Pramila Jayapal · Robert Garcia · Pam Bondi · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-13 | Senate Fails to Advance DHS Funding Bill in 52-47 Vote
3 src United States Senate · John Thune · Chuck Schumer · John Fetterman · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-11 | AG Bondi Photographed with Rep. Jayapal's Epstein Files Search History
4 src Pam Bondi · Pramila Jayapal · Department of Justice · Mike Johnson · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-11 | Bondi House Testimony Devolves Into Personal Attacks Over Epstein Files and Political Prosecutions
3 src Pam Bondi · Jamie Raskin · Thomas Massie · Pramila Jayapal · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-11 | Senators Durbin and Lee Reintroduce Bipartisan SAFE Act to Reform FISA Surveillance
3 src Dick Durbin · Mike Lee · Senate Judiciary Committee | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-09 | DOJ Opens Epstein Files Reading Room to Congress Under Restrictive Conditions
4 src Department of Justice · Patrick Davis · Thomas Massie · Ro Khanna · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-05 | Russell Vought Tells Congress DOGE Affiliates Are "Institutionalized" as OMB In-House Consultants
3 src Russell Vought · Office of Management and Budget · Department of Government Efficiency · Elon Musk | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-04 | Speaker Johnson Leads Family Research Council's National Gathering for Prayer and Repentance; Characterizes LGBTQ Rights and Environmentalism as "Sins"
3 src Mike Johnson · Steve Scalise · Tony Perkins · Family Research Council · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-03 | Clintons Agree to Epstein Investigation Depositions Under Contempt Threat
3 src House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · James Comer · Bill Clinton · Hillary Clinton | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-03 | Congress Passes Bipartisan HHS Funding Bill Blocking RFK Jr.'s Proposed 25% Budget Cuts
2 src U.S. Congress · Donald Trump · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-03 | House Votes 217-214 to End Four-Day Partial Government Shutdown
3 src U.S. House of Representatives · Mike Johnson · Nancy Mace · Hakeem Jeffries | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-30 | Comer Announces Walz and Ellison Will Testify on Minnesota Fraud March 4
3 src House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · James Comer · Tim Walz · Keith Ellison | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-30 | DOJ Releases 3.5 Million Pages of Epstein Files, Claims Full Compliance
4 src Department of Justice · Todd Blanche · Pam Bondi · Ro Khanna · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-30 | Senate Passes Spending Package with Two-Week DHS Continuing Resolution
3 src United States Senate · Chuck Schumer · John Thune · Mike Johnson | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-29 | Senate Intelligence Committee Holds Confirmation Hearing for NSA Nominee Rudd
3 src Senate Select Committee on Intelligence · Joshua Rudd · Ron Wyden · Roger Wicker | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-22 | House Passes Final FY2026 Appropriations Bills in Split Vote
3 src U.S. House of Representatives · Mike Johnson · House Committee on Appropriations | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-21 | Federal Judge Rejects Special Master Request for Epstein Files
3 src Paul Engelmayer · Thomas Massie · Ro Khanna · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-15 | Senate Armed Services Committee Holds NSA Nominee Confirmation Hearing
3 src Senate Committee on Armed Services · Joshua Rudd · Roger Wicker · Angus King | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-14 | House Democrats Introduce Articles of Impeachment Against DHS Secretary Kristi Noem
2 src Kristi Noem · Robin Kelly · Angie Craig · Betty McCollum | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-10 | ACA Subsidy Extension Passes House via Discharge Petition 230-196
2 src Brian Fitzpatrick · Mike Lawler · Marc Molinaro · David Valadao · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-08 | House Democrats File Impeachment Articles Against DHS Secretary Noem Over ICE Shooting
3 src Kristi Noem · Robin Kelly · Kevin Mullin · Brad Schneider · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-08 | House Passes ACA Subsidy Extension 230-196 with 17 Republicans Crossing Party Lines
4 src Mike Lawler · Brian Fitzpatrick · Mike Johnson · John Thune · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-08 | Senate Votes 52-47 to Limit Trump's Military Action in Venezuela, Five Republicans Cross Party Lines
4 src Tim Kaine · Rand Paul · Susan Collins · Lisa Murkowski · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-07 | House Oversight Committee Holds Minnesota Social Services Fraud Hearing
3 src House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · James Comer · Kristin Robbins · Walter Hudson · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-06 | DOJ Admits Less Than 1% of Epstein Files Released, 48 Days After Law's Deadline
2 src Department of Justice · Pam Bondi · Todd Blanche · Chuck Schumer | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-06 | Massie and Khanna Ask Federal Judge to Appoint Special Master Over Epstein File Release
2 src Thomas Massie · Ro Khanna · Paul Engelmayer · Pam Bondi · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-03 | DOJ Misses 15-Day Deadline to Explain Redactions, Provide List of Named Officials
3 src Chuck Schumer · Thomas Massie · Department of Justice · Pam Bondi | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-24 | 12 Bipartisan Senators Demand Inspector General Audit of DOJ Epstein Files Compliance
6 src Richard Blumenthal · Lisa Murkowski · Jeff Merkley · Chuck Schumer · +6 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-20 | Marjorie Taylor Greene Explores Motion to Vacate Johnson Over ACA Dispute and Leadership Failures
6 src Marjorie Taylor Greene · Mike Johnson · Donald Trump · Hakeem Jeffries · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-12-19 | Bipartisan Lawmakers Accuse DOJ of Violating Epstein Files Transparency Act
5 src Ro Khanna · Thomas Massie · Chuck Schumer · Marjorie Taylor Greene · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-18 | FY 2026 NDAA Repeals 1991 and 2002 Iraq AUMFs — First War-Authorization Repeal Since 1971 Serves as Cover for Capture-Relevant Bundle
4 src U.S. Congress · 119th Congress · Tim Kaine · Todd Young · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-18 | FY 2026 NDAA Section 1085 Eliminates Congressional Notification for AUKUS Defense Trade, DDTC Final Rule Effective December 30
4 src U.S. Congress · 119th Congress · Senate Armed Services Committee · House Armed Services Committee · +6 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-18 | FY 2026 NDAA Section 8335 Codifies EO 14033 Western Balkans Sanctions, Creates Regulatory Frame Around Kushner Belgrade/Sazan Architecture
12 src U.S. Congress · 119th Congress · Senate Foreign Relations Committee · Jeanne Shaheen · +14 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-18 | FY 2026 NDAA Section 8366 Establishes Nuclear Export Working Group, Builds Bureaucratic Infrastructure for U.S.-Saudi Civil Nuclear Agreement
4 src U.S. Congress · 119th Congress · Senate Armed Services Committee · House Armed Services Committee · +6 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-18 | FY 2026 NDAA Sections 1651-1652 Codify Trump Golden Dome Missile Defense Policy, Lock In 2,440-Vendor Ecosystem Including SpaceX $2B Satellite Constellation
4 src U.S. Congress · 119th Congress · Senate Armed Services Committee · House Armed Services Committee · +10 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-18 | Johnson Sends House Home for Recess, Delays ACA Subsidy Vote Despite Democratic Demands
7 src Mike Johnson · Hakeem Jeffries · Steve Scalise · Pete Aguilar · +2 | reported | |
| 2025-12-17 | ACA Subsidies Discharge Petition Reaches 218 Signatures as Four Republicans Defy Leadership
7 src Brian Fitzpatrick · Mike Lawler · Rob Bresnahan · Ryan Mackenzie · +4 | reported | |
| 2025-12-17 | Senate Passes $901 Billion Defense Bill with Unprecedented Oversight Provisions Targeting Hegseth
3 src Pete Hegseth · Donald Trump · Tim Kaine · Frank Bradley · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-16 | House Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing Exposes How Trump Administration Corrupted DOJ Antitrust Enforcement Through Pay-to-Play Schemes and Political Interference
3 src Jamie Raskin · Roger P. Alford · Pam Bondi · Chad Mizelle · +15 | reported | |
| 2025-12-15 | Federal Workers Collective Bargaining Bill Passes via Discharge Petition 231-195
2 src Don Bacon · Mike Johnson · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-11 | DHS Secretary Noem Confronted Over Veteran Deportations in Contentious Congressional Hearing
3 src Kristi Noem · Seth Magaziner · Sae Joon Park · Jim Brown · +2 | reported | |
| 2025-12-07 | Trump Criticizes Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar for Not Switching Parties After Pardon
3 src Donald Trump · Henry Cuellar · U.S. Department of Justice | reported | |
| 2025-12-04 | Admiral Reveals Boat Strike Survivors Were Waving Before Execution; Hegseth Refuses to Release Video Evidence
6 src Admiral Frank Bradley · Pete Hegseth · Senator Jack Reed · Representative Jim Himes · +3 | reported | |
| 2025-12-02 | Trump Pardons Former Honduran President Convicted of Drug Trafficking
3 src Donald Trump · Juan Orlando Hernández · Tim Kaine · Dick Durbin · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-11-28 | Washington Post reveals Hegseth gave "kill everybody" order in Caribbean boat strikes, killing shipwrecked survivors
5 src Pete Hegseth · Admiral Frank Bradley · Donald Trump · Karoline Leavitt · +4 | reported | |
| 2025-11-18 | Epstein Files Transparency Act Passes House 427-1 After Discharge Petition
2 src Thomas Massie · Ro Khanna · Marjorie Taylor Greene · Lauren Boebert · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-11-18 | House Votes 427-1 to Force Release of Epstein Files, Rebuking Trump's Opposition
3 src U.S. House of Representatives · United States Senate · Mike Johnson · Donald Trump · +6 | confirmed | |
| 2025-11-18 | Six Democratic Congress Members Release Video Reminding Military of Constitutional Duty to Refuse Illegal Orders
2 src Elissa Slotkin · Mark Kelly · Jason Crow · Chris DeLuzio · +7 | reported | |
| 2025-11-15 | Bondi Announces New Epstein Investigation Days Before House Vote, Creating Cover for Redactions
5 src Pam Bondi · Jay Clayton · Donald Trump · Thomas Massie · +4 | reported | |
| 2025-11-14 | Trump Publicly Turns on Marjorie Taylor Greene, Calls Her RINO Over Epstein Files Support
5 src Donald Trump · Marjorie Taylor Greene | reported | |
| 2025-11-13 | Epstein Files Discharge Petition Ripens at 218 Signatures Despite Intense Trump Pressure Campaign
5 src Adelita Grijalva · Thomas Massie · Ro Khanna · Lauren Boebert · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-11-12 | Government Shutdown Ends After 43 Days: Longest in U.S. History
3 src Donald Trump · U.S. House of Representatives · United States Senate · Democrats · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-11-12 | Rep. Adelita Grijalva Sworn In as 218th Signature on Epstein Files Discharge Petition, Forces Mandatory Vote
4 src Adelita Grijalva · Thomas Massie · Ro Khanna · Mike Johnson · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-11-12 | Rep. Lauren Boebert Summoned to White House Situation Room Over Epstein Files Petition
4 src Lauren Boebert · Donald Trump · Pamela Bondi · Kash Patel · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-11-10 | Trump Issues Proclamation for Marine Corps 250th Anniversary Emphasizing Military Spending Increase
3 src Donald Trump · JD Vance | confirmed | |
| 2025-11-09 | Trump Promises $2,000 'Tariff Dividend' Payments Despite Insufficient Revenue and Treasury Secretary Skepticism
3 src Donald Trump · Scott Bessent | reported | |
| 2025-11-07 | Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks Full SNAP Payments to 42 Million Americans
3 src U.S. Supreme Court · Ketanji Brown Jackson · John McConnell Jr. · U.S. Department of Agriculture · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-11-03 | Trump Administration Announces 2027 Medicaid Work Requirements Affecting Nearly 5 Million
2 src CMS · Trump · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | reported | |
| 2025-10-25 | Binance Paid $450K to Trump Jr. Ally for Zhao Pardon Lobbying
2 src Binance · Changpeng Zhao · Ches McDowell · Donald Trump Jr. · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-25 | MAGA-Aligned Lobbying Firms Quadruple Revenue Selling Trump Access
2 src Brian Ballard · Corporate clients · Pam Bondi · Susie Wiles · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-22 | DHS Uses Multi-Year Reconciliation Funding to Pay 70,000 Immigration Enforcement Officers During Shutdown While 700,000 Federal Workers Go Unpaid
3 src Kristi Noem · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-17 | OMB Director Russell Vought Consolidates Authoritarian Control Over Federal Government
2 src Russell Vought · Donald Trump · Elon Musk · Office of Management and Budget | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-15 | Pentagon Chief Hegseth Blocks Military Officials From Contacting Congress Without Approval
3 src Pete Hegseth · Steve Feinberg · Pentagon | reported | |
| 2025-10-13 | Budget Chief Russell Vought Seizes Congressional Spending Authority
2 src Russell Vought · Office of Management and Budget · U.S. Congress | reported | |
| 2025-10-07 | Attorney General Bondi Testifies Before Senate Amid Accusations of DOJ Weaponization
3 src Pam Bondi · Senate Judiciary Committee · Department of Justice · Dick Durbin · +2 | reported | |
| 2025-10-07 | OMB Removes Legal References to Federal Worker Back Pay Guarantees
2 src Office of Management and Budget · Donald Trump · Federal Workers · Chris Van Hollen · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-10-05 | Trump Administration Freezes $88 Million for Human Trafficking Survivors
2 src Trump Administration · Trafficking Survivor Organizations · U.S. Congress | reported | |
| 2025-10-03 | OMB Director Russ Vought Uses Shutdown to Execute Mass Federal Purges
3 src Russ Vought · Office of Management and Budget · Trump Administration · U.S. Congress | reported | |
| 2025-10-01 | Trump Notifies Congress of 'Non-International Armed Conflict' with 'Unlawful Combatants' in Caribbean
2 src Donald Trump · U.S. Congress · Jack Reed | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-01 | White House Defunds Council of Inspectors General, Disabling Federal Oversight
2 src Office of Management and Budget · Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency · White House · Susan Collins · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-09-25 | Federal Grand Jury Indicts Former FBI Director James Comey for Disclosure of Sensitive Information
2 src James Comey · Pam Bondi · Kash Patel · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-25 | Trump's Hand-Picked Prosecutor Indicts James Comey Days After Trump Demands DOJ Act 'Now'
2 src James Comey · Lindsey Halligan · Donald Trump · Pam Bondi · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-24 | ACA Enhanced Subsidies Set to Expire, Threatening 20M with 114% Premium Increases
2 src Donald Trump · U.S. Congress · Kaiser Family Foundation | reported | |
| 2025-09-23 | Meta Launches Super PAC to Fight AI Regulation at State Level
2 src Meta · Mark Zuckerberg | reported |