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Authoritarian Libertarian Economic left Economic right Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program (Neutral) Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE Texas, Inc.; Notice of Filing of Amendment No. 1 and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of a Proposed Rule Change, as Modified by Amendment No. 1, To Offer Complimentary Products and Services (Neutral) Van-Type Trailers and Subassemblies Thereof From the People's Republic of China: Antidumping Duty Order and Countervailing Duty Order (Neutral) Seamless Refined Copper Pipe and Tube From the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Final Results of the Expedited First Sunset Review of the Antidumping Duty Order (Neutral) Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters (Neutral) Exemptions To Permit Circumvention of Access Controls on Copyrighted Works (Neutral) Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: ONC Deregulatory Actions To Unleash Prosperity (Leaning Republican) Notice of OFAC Sanctions Action (Neutral) Notice of Order Designating U.S. Aviation Safety Team (USAST) Information as Protected From Disclosure (Neutral) Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for Training and Exercises at Airfields in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (Neutral) Executive Branch Financial Disclosure and Standards of Ethical Conduct Regulations (Neutral) Adjusting Imports of Wind Turbines and Their Parts and Components Into the United States (Strongly Republican) Decreasing Housing Costs for the American People (Leaning Republican) Presidential Determination Pursuant to Section 303 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as Amended, on Domestic Petroleum Production, Refining, and Logistics Capacity (Strongly Republican) Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program (Leaning Democratic) Non-Refillable Steel Cylinders From the People's Republic of China: Continuation of Antidumping Duty Order and Countervailing Duty Order (Neutral) Self-Regulatory Organizations; MX2 LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change To Amend Rule 11.15 (Clearly Erroneous Executions) (Neutral) Self-Regulatory Organizations; Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change To Amend FINRA Rules To Address Binary Options, Options Whose Payout Is Based on Specified Metrics, and Options Cleared by a Registered Clearing Agency Other Than The Options Clearing Corporation (Neutral) Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE American LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change To Modify the NYSE American Options Fee Schedule To Modify Pricing for the Customer Best Execution (“CUBE”) Auctions (Neutral) Self-Regulatory Organizations; Investors Exchange LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Modify the Behavior of Discretionary Peg Orders if They Are Received by the Exchange During a Period of Quote Instability or Quote Imbalance (Neutral) Single Family Housing Guaranteed Loan Program-Income Producing Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) Provisions (Neutral) Request for Information (Neutral) Sunshine Act Meeting; Open Commission Meeting Thursday, October 29, 2026 (Leaning Republican) Additional Reconsideration Standards of Performance for New, Reconstructed, and Modified Sources and Emissions Guidelines for Existing Sources: Oil and Natural Gas Sector Climate Review (Neutral) Requests for Arbitration Panels (Neutral) Alaska Underground Injection Control (UIC) Program; Class VI Primacy (Neutral) Pleasure Vessels of Malta Entitled To Cruising Licenses (Neutral) Personnel Management in Agencies: Strategic Human Capital Management (Neutral) Reducing Bureaucracy and Burden for Child Support Enforcement Programs (Leaning Republican) Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs Using Oral Fluid (OFMG) (Leaning Republican) Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs Using Urine (UrMG) (Leaning Republican) Reducing Bureaucracy and Burden for Block Grants (Leaning Republican) Self-Regulatory Organizations; Investors Exchange LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change Pursuant to IEX Rule 15.110(a) and (c) To Amend the Exchange's Fee Schedule To Adopt Transaction Fees and Routing Fees (Neutral) Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE American LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Modify Binary Return Derivatives Rules (Neutral) Electronic Payments for FOIA Requests (Neutral) Safety Advisory 26-01 Overhead Catenary System (OCS) and Pantograph Reliability (Leaning Democratic) Accreditation, Innovation, and Modernization: The Secretary's Recognition of Accrediting Agencies; Institutional Eligibility Under the Higher Education Act of 1965, as Amended; Student Assistance General Provisions (Leaning Democratic) Dimethyl Sulfoxide in Pesticide Formulations; Exemptions From the Requirement of a Tolerance (Leaning Republican) Surety Bond Guarantee Program Fees (Neutral) Medical Devices; General and Plastic Surgery Devices; Classification of the Software-Aided Adjunctive Diagnostic Device for Use by Physicians on Lesions Suspicious for Skin Cancer (Leaning Republican) Medical Devices; Radiology Devices; Classification of the Radiology Software for Referral of Findings Related to Fibrotic Lung Disease (Leaning Republican) Medical Devices; Anesthesiology Devices; Classification of the Spinal Imaging System for Neuraxial Procedures (Leaning Republican) Medical Devices; Anesthesiology Devices; Classification of the Over-the-Counter Device To Assess Risk of Sleep Apnea (Neutral) Notice of Department of State Sanctions Actions (Neutral) Enforcement Discretion Policy Regarding 503A Compounding Using Certain Peptide Bulk Drug Substances (Neutral) Medicare Program; CY 2027 Changes to the End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Prospective Payment System, Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) Dialysis Payment, and ESRD Quality Incentive Program (Leaning Democratic) Schedules of Controlled Substances: Placement of Centanafadine in Schedule III (Neutral) Notice of Amended Order Requirement for Attestation by All Persons Arriving in the United States From Any Foreign Country Via Transportation by Aircraft and Controlled Free Pratique for Airlines and Other Aircraft Operators Confirming That Such Persons Have Not Been in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the Past 21 Days (Neutral) Safety Standard for Automatic Residential Garage Door Operators (Leaning Democratic) Notice of Order Regarding Exclusion and Removal of Acronis Products From Federal Civilian Executive Branch Information Technology Systems and Procurements (Leaning Republican) Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone off Alaska; Pollock in Statistical Area 630 in the Gulf of Alaska (Leaning Democratic) Diamond Sawblades and Parts Thereof From China; Determination (Neutral) Utility Scale Wind Towers From Malaysia: Final Results of the Expedited First Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty Order (Neutral) Determination Pursuant to Section 451 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (Neutral) Further Modifying the Scope of Products of Canada Subject to the Additional Duties Imposed To Offset Canadian Discrimination Against the Commerce of the United States With Respect to Motor Vehicles (Leaning Republican) Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE Arca, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Amend Rule 3.2(b)(3)(C)(ii) (Neutral) Self-Regulatory Organizations; National Securities Clearing Corporation; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change Concerning the Automated Customer Account Transfer Service Account Transfer Process for Insurance and Retirement Products (Neutral) Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE National, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Amend the Bylaws of the Exchange (Neutral) Self-Regulatory Organizations; MX2 LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Amend Rule 11.23 Concerning the Resumption of Trading Following a Level 3 Market-Wide Circuit Breaker Halt in Connection With the Industry's Expansion of Trading Hours to 23 Hours per Day, 5 Days per Week (Neutral) Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE American LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change To Amend the NYSE American Options Fee Schedule To Waive the Maximum Combined Floor Broker Credits on QCC Trades and Rebates Paid Through the Manual Billable Rebate Program for October 2026 (Neutral) Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Revise Nasdaq's Interpretive Material, IM-8310-3 (Leaning Democratic) Self-Regulatory Organizations; MIAX Sapphire, LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change To Amend Fees and Rebates for Professional Customer Orders for QCC and cQCC Transactions and Establish a Tiered Fee Structure for Away Market Maker Facilitation of Customer QFOs or cQFOs (Neutral) Self-Regulatory Organizations: Long-Term Stock Exchange, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Amend Rule 11.280 Concerning the Resumption of Trading Following a Level 3 Market-Wide Circuit Breaker Halt (Neutral) Notice of Potential Change To Increase Maximum Fixed-Dollar Amount for Alternative Compliance Mechanism for Security-Based Swap Dealers That Are Registered as Swap Dealers and Have Limited Security-Based Swap Activities (Leaning Republican) Infant Formula Nutrient Requirements (Leaning Democratic) Shopping Carts and Parts Thereof From China; Institution of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Investigations and Scheduling of Preliminary Phase Investigations (Neutral) Sunshine Act Meetings (Neutral) Significant New Use Rules on Certain Chemical Substances (26-7) (Leaning Democratic) Administrative Site Leases (Leaning Republican) Improving Transparency Into Pharmacy Benefit Manager Fee Disclosure (Neutral) Airworthiness Directives; BRP-Rotax GmbH & Co KG (Formerly BRP-Powertrain GMBH & CO KG and Bombardier-Rotax GmbH) Engines (Neutral) Airworthiness Directives; Diamond Aircraft Industries Inc. Airplanes (Neutral) Unleashing the Power of Unlicensed Ultra-Wideband Devices; Petition of Robert Bosch LLC for Amendment of the Part 15 Subpart F Ultra-Wideband Rules; and Petition of Alliance for Automative Innovation et al. To Amend Part 15 of the FCC's Rules To Permit the Operation of Certain Ultra-Wideband Devices (Leaning Republican) Chassis and Subassemblies From China; Determinations (Leaning Republican) Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products From Mexico: Notice of Court Decision Not in Harmony With the Final Determination of Antidumping Duty Investigation; Notice of Amended Final Determination; Notice of Amended Antidumping Duty Order, in Part (Neutral) Adjusting Imports of Robotics, Industrial Machinery, and Their Parts and Components Into the United States (Leaning Republican) Delegation of Authority Under Section 8335 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Neutral) Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program (Neutral) Recommendations for Reducing the Risk of Transfusion-Transmitted Hepatitis B Virus; Guidance for Industry; Availability (Neutral) Airworthiness Directives; MD Helicopters, LLC Helicopters (Neutral) Self-Regulatory Organizations; Texas Stock Exchange LLC; Notice of Filing, and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of, a Proposed Rule Change To Amend Rule 17.111(d) (Commodity-Based Trust Shares) (Neutral) Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance (Leaning Republican) Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Organ Procurement Organizations Conditions for Coverage: Revisions to the Conditions for Coverage (Neutral) Airworthiness Directives; Embraer S.A. (Type Certificate Previously Held by Yaborã Indústria Aeronáutica S.A.; Embraer S.A.) Airplanes (Neutral) Pipeline Safety: Amendments to Liquefied Natural Gas Facilities (Neutral) Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters (Neutral) Review of the Commission's Broadcast and Cable Equal Employment Opportunity Rules and Policies; Delete, Delete, Delete (Leaning Republican) Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office; Public Hearings (Neutral) Potency Assurance for Cellular and Gene Therapy Products; Guidance for Industry; Availability (Neutral) Certain Softwood Lumber Products From Canada: Notice of NAFTA Panel Decision (Neutral) Phosphate Fertilizers From the Kingdom of Morocco: Final Results of First Full Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty Order (Neutral) Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records (Neutral) Streamlining Contested Adjudications in Licensing Proceedings (Neutral)
93 scored documents from the last 7 days. Dot color is the Democratic to Republican reading.

The last 7 days

508 documents were published. 93 set or changed policy and were scored; 415 were routine or administrative.

Democratic to Republican Neutral
Democratic Republican
Economic left to right Centrist
Left Right
Libertarian to authoritarian Mixed
Libertarian Authoritarian

Positions are averages of the scored documents. 9 leaned Democratic, 63 were neutral and 21 leaned Republican.

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Federal Register recap: Oct 26 to Nov 1, 2026

From Oct 26 to Nov 1, the Federal Register published 505 documents: 55 rules, 21 proposed rules, 424 notices and 5 presidential documents. Of those, 105 set or changed policy and 400 were routine or administrative. Across the 105 that set or changed policy, the average reading on the Democratic to Republican slider was neutral: 13 leaned Democratic, 68 were neutral and 24 leaned Republican.

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