Two groups, six legislators each
Pick three more legislators for each group.
About 20 minutes, once, on the projector.
How it works
- Add your school.
- Split the class into two groups.
- Group 1 goes first: read each Legislator Card, then Keep or Pass.
- Keep three and save. Then Group 2 does the same.
The school's two Senators and one Representative are already in both groups, so they never come up as a Legislator Card.
Where the twelve come from
- Three from each party, in the House and in the Senate
- The most bills with any action, last 30 days
- A new twelve every Monday
- Each group chooses its own three
Counted October 26, 2026. An independent busy enough is on the list too.
Reading a Legislator Card
- Bills: bills they sponsored that had any action in the last 30 days
- Reported: of those, how many a committee formally sent on to the full chamber
- Passed: how many passed the chamber they started in
- Across: cosponsors from the other party on their bills
Tap any number to see the bills behind it.
After you save
- One six-character code for both groups, kept on your teacher dashboard. Saving needs a free teacher account.
- Every weekday morning, each group's badges update. Every Monday, the week's record fills in.
- Each week, it suggests one lesson, one class period long, that fits what happened.
In the demo nothing is saved; at the end you can open a sample class page.
Earning badges
- Each group has nine badges, shown under its tab, in the order a bill moves toward law
- Two numbers on each, counting up from 0: left is your Three, the same for both groups; right is the group's own three
- A badge turns to color from what the group's own three do in Congress
- Tap any badge to see what earns it
- First Move One of the three this group kept had an action on a bill they sponsor, after the group chose them. This group's three: 0 Your Three: 0, the same for both groups. The lesson behind it: How a bill starts →
- Hearing Held A committee hearing listed on the record of a bill from the three this group kept, after the group chose them. Committees also hold hearings on topics with no bill listed; those do not count. This group's three: 0 Your Three: 0, the same for both groups. The lesson behind it: What a hearing is for →
- Out of Committee A bill from the three this group kept was reported out of committee, after the group chose them. This group's three: 0 Your Three: 0, the same for both groups. The lesson behind it: Who holds the gavel →
- Roll Call A recorded vote, where every member's yes or no is on the record, on a bill from the three this group kept, after the group chose them. Any recorded vote counts, not only the final one. This group's three: 0 Your Three: 0, the same for both groups. The lesson behind it: Reading a roll call →
- Cleared a Chamber A bill from the three this group kept passed its own chamber, after the group chose them. Most bills never do. This group's three: 0 Your Three: 0, the same for both groups. The lesson behind it: The floor: how a bill gets a vote →
- Both Chambers A bill from the three this group kept passed both the House and the Senate, after the group chose them. This group's three: 0 Your Three: 0, the same for both groups. The lesson behind it: Two chambers, one text →
- Signed into Law A bill from the three this group kept became law, after the group chose them. About one bill in forty ever does, so most groups will see this one stay grey. This group's three: 0 Your Three: 0, the same for both groups. The lesson behind it: One in how many? →
- Reaches Across the Aisle The three this group kept gained 10 new cosponsors from the other party, after the group chose them. This group's three: 0. Turns to color at 10. Your Three: 0, the same for both groups. The lesson behind it: Cosponsors and coalitions →
- All Three Active In one week, every one of the three this group kept had an action on a bill they sponsor. This group's three: 0 Your Three: 0, the same for both groups. The lesson behind it: A legislator's week →
- First Move One of the three this group kept had an action on a bill they sponsor, after the group chose them. This group's three: 0 Your Three: 0, the same for both groups. The lesson behind it: How a bill starts →
- Hearing Held A committee hearing listed on the record of a bill from the three this group kept, after the group chose them. Committees also hold hearings on topics with no bill listed; those do not count. This group's three: 0 Your Three: 0, the same for both groups. The lesson behind it: What a hearing is for →
- Out of Committee A bill from the three this group kept was reported out of committee, after the group chose them. This group's three: 0 Your Three: 0, the same for both groups. The lesson behind it: Who holds the gavel →
- Roll Call A recorded vote, where every member's yes or no is on the record, on a bill from the three this group kept, after the group chose them. Any recorded vote counts, not only the final one. This group's three: 0 Your Three: 0, the same for both groups. The lesson behind it: Reading a roll call →
- Cleared a Chamber A bill from the three this group kept passed its own chamber, after the group chose them. Most bills never do. This group's three: 0 Your Three: 0, the same for both groups. The lesson behind it: The floor: how a bill gets a vote →
- Both Chambers A bill from the three this group kept passed both the House and the Senate, after the group chose them. This group's three: 0 Your Three: 0, the same for both groups. The lesson behind it: Two chambers, one text →
- Signed into Law A bill from the three this group kept became law, after the group chose them. About one bill in forty ever does, so most groups will see this one stay grey. This group's three: 0 Your Three: 0, the same for both groups. The lesson behind it: One in how many? →
- Reaches Across the Aisle The three this group kept gained 10 new cosponsors from the other party, after the group chose them. This group's three: 0. Turns to color at 10. Your Three: 0, the same for both groups. The lesson behind it: Cosponsors and coalitions →
- All Three Active In one week, every one of the three this group kept had an action on a bill they sponsor. This group's three: 0 Your Three: 0, the same for both groups. The lesson behind it: A legislator's week →
Start here
Add your school first.
Your Three come from its address, so the class sees who it already has before choosing anyone. The box is above the table.
All twelve, with your Three on top
| Name | Seat | Party | Bills | Out of committee | Passed | Cross-party | Hearings | Roll calls | Laws | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashley Moody Bio | Sen · FL | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Cruz Bio | Sen · TX | R | 0 | |||||||
| Elijah Crane Bio | Rep · AZ | R | 0 | |||||||
| Eugene Vindman Bio | Rep · VA | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sharice Davids Bio | Rep · KS | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Debbie Dingell Bio | Rep · MI | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Lawler Bio | Rep · NY | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cory Booker Bio | Sen · NJ | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Banks Bio | Sen · IN | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jeff Merkley Bio | Sen · OR | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mark Kelly Bio | Sen · AZ | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Nancy Mace Bio | Rep · SC | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The twelve are in no particular order, so the table is not a ranking. Keep or Pass here works the same as on the Legislator Cards; the highlighted row is the card on top.
How the twelve are counted
- Source: the bill-status files at govinfo.gov
- Bills with any action in the last 30 days, counted by sponsor
- Ties go to more cosponsors from the other party
- The numbers count bills. They say nothing about what the bills would do.
- An independent busier than the least busy of their chamber's six takes that place, never placed with a party
- For an independent, a cosponsor from either party counts as cross-party