Civic Literacy in Higher Education Act
Latest action (Oct 9, 2026) — on Education and Workforce.
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In favour. The transparency provisions alone justify it, and they're the hardest part to undo later. Whether that matters depends entirely on the implementation date.
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I'd support this and still say the effective date is optimistic. Everything downstream of it assumes agencies move faster than they do. Happy to be told I've read it wrong.
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Worth reading the sponsor list before deciding — it's less partisan than the framing suggests. The committee report would settle it either way.
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"The states are doing it" cuts the other way for me. If it works there, why federalise it?
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The reporting requirements are the useful part. You can't argue about something nobody is required to measure. The committee report would settle it either way.
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I'd like to see the fiscal note before taking a position. The summary is silent on cost, which is normally the whole argument. That's a drafting question rather than a political one.
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What I'd want before deciding: who administers it, out of which budget, and who they answer to when it doesn't work. It'll come down to what the agency does with it.
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What I'd want before deciding: who administers it, out of which budget, and who they answer to when it doesn't work. Worth knowing who asked for this and when.
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Fair, though the alternative on the table is nothing, and nothing has a cost too.
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Support, without enthusiasm. A narrow fix now beats a comprehensive one that never arrives. I'd want the cost estimate before I'd defend either position.
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I keep going back and forth on this one. The problem is real; I'm not convinced this is the instrument for it. I'd want the cost estimate before I'd defend either position.
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I'd like to see the fiscal note before taking a position. The summary is silent on cost, which is normally the whole argument. I'd want the cost estimate before I'd defend either position.
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Genuine question rather than a gotcha: what does success look like in five years? If we can't say, what are we actually voting on? Worth knowing who asked for this and when.
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The reporting requirements are the useful part. You can't argue about something nobody is required to measure. I'd rather see it fixed in committee than argued about on the floor.
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Worth reading the sponsor list before deciding — it's less partisan than the framing suggests. Happy to be told I've read it wrong.
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Voting no on process rather than substance. This hasn't had a hearing I can find, which is a lot of reach for a bill nobody has questioned in public. The committee report would settle it either way.
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That's the part I can't get past either — broad authority, thin guardrails.
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What I'd want before deciding: who administers it, out of which budget, and who they answer to when it doesn't work. The committee report would settle it either way.
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Genuine question rather than a gotcha: what does success look like in five years? If we can't say, what are we actually voting on? None of that is settled by the summary.
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This is unglamorous plumbing, and unglamorous plumbing is usually what matters. Yes from me.
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No from me. Pushing the cost to states without saying so is still an unfunded mandate. I'd rather see it fixed in committee than argued about on the floor.
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Same conclusion, different route. I'm less worried about the reach and more about who ends up administering it.
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