Two forces: how far we've come, and what's pushing back

How to read this, and how to keep it honest

Two different measures, deliberately, and the labels now say so. The gold bar is platform breadth: the average status of every platform proposal in that pillar on a 0-to-3 ladder (Enacted 3, Advancing 2, Proposed 1, White space 0). The crimson bar is opposition threat: the single furthest-along measure working against that pillar (an enacted law pushes hardest, then advancing, then proposed). Because one side is an average and the other a maximum, the two bar lengths are not comparable magnitudes, and the mirrored layout should not be read as if they were; the axis labels name each side's rule, and the view selector below applies one identical rule to both sides for anyone who wants a true apples-to-apples comparison.

The two sides are measured differently, on purpose, and you should know it. Averaging our own proposals rewards a broad agenda for actually advancing; taking the maximum on the opposition side reflects that one enacted law does real damage no matter how many hostile bills stall. That is an editorial choice, not a neutral symmetry, and it means a single enacted law (today, mainly one) can drive the opposition bar across several pillars at once. So the choice is now yours: the view selector above the chart applies one identical rule to both sides (average, furthest-along, or enacted-law-only), while the verdict labels always reflect the disclosed editorial default. The raw counts and stages for every item are listed below the chart, and the underlying data is downloadable so you can re-aggregate it however you prefer: the editorial core, agent-added bills, and status overrides.

The verdict in a word. Under siege: strong enacted opposition while our progress is low. Contested: both forces are active. Pressured: opposition is building against a pillar with little progress yet. Open ground: little organized opposition, room to move. Building and Advancing: progress with light opposition.

A bill's sponsors are backing that bill, nothing more. Every item tracked here maps to a specific plank, and a legislator who sponsors or cosponsors one of them is aligned with that plank, not endorsing this platform. The reverse holds too: opposing one tracked bill is opposition on that item, not on the agenda as a whole. Most members will land with us on some planks and against us on others; the scorecard shows that element by element rather than pretending alignment is all-or-nothing.

The honest caveats. This is a planning lens, not a precise metric. Several enacted items, on both sides, are contested or unevenly enforced, so "law" is not the same as "settled." A single law - the One Big Beautiful Bill Act - drives most of the opposition, so the crimson bars are correlated, not ten separate fights. Statuses are current as of mid-2026 and should be verified before public use.