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Federal Register recap: Oct 5 to Oct 11, 2026

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From Oct 5 to Oct 11, the Federal Register published 495 documents: 49 rules, 42 proposed rules, 401 notices and 3 presidential documents. Of those, 126 set or changed policy and 369 were routine or administrative. Across the 126 that set or changed policy, the average reading on the Democratic to Republican slider was neutral: 13 leaned Democratic, 76 were neutral and 37 leaned Republican.

Where the week landed

Democratic to Republican Neutral
Democratic Republican
Economic left to right Centrist
Left Right
Libertarian to authoritarian Mixed
Libertarian Authoritarian
Authoritarian Libertarian Economic left Economic right Safety Standard for Lithium-Ion Batteries Used in Micromobility Products and Electrical Systems of Micromobility Products Containing Such Batteries (Leaning Democratic) Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Amend Exchange Rule Equity 2, Section 9 Regarding Clearing and Settlement in Connection With 23-5 Trading (Neutral) Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Depository Trust Company; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change To Modernize the Direct Registration System (Neutral) Self-Regulatory Organizations: MIAX PEARL, LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change To Amend Risk Controls for Equity Members in Connection With the Upcoming Expansion by Other National Securities Exchanges and the Appliable Securities Information Processors of Their Hours to 23 Hours per Day, 5 Days per Week (Neutral) Self-Regulatory Organizations; Long-Term Stock Exchange, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Amend LTSE Rule 15.120 To Expand the Permitted Collection Arrangements (Leaning Republican) Potential Designations of the Investment Banking Representative License (Series 79) and the Research Analyst License (Series 86 and Series 87) as Qualifying Natural Persons for Accredited Investor Status (Leaning Republican) Potential Designation of U.S. Certified Public Accountant License as Qualifying Natural Persons for Accredited Investor Status (Leaning Republican) Potential Designation of Certified Financial Planner Certification as Qualifying Natural Persons for Accredited Investor Status (Leaning Republican) Potential Designation of Passage of an Accredited Investor Exam To Be Developed by FINRA as Qualifying Natural Persons for Accredited Investor Status (Neutral) Potential Designation of Chartered Financial Analyst Designation as Qualifying Natural Persons for Accredited Investor Status (Neutral) Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Four Species Not Warranted for Listing as Endangered or Threatened Species (Leaning Republican) General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation; GSAR Implementation of Executive Order 14275, Acquisition of Utility Services (Leaning Democratic) Clarification to the Applicability of Emergency Exemptions; Response to Petitions for Reconsideration (Neutral) Reforming Federal Reporting and Assessments in Child Welfare (Leaning Republican) Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of America, and South Atlantic; Puerto Rico Fishery Management Plan; Amendment 4 (Leaning Democratic) Public Hearing (Neutral) Exemptions From Materials Licensing (Leaning Republican) Exemptions From Materials Licensing (Leaning Republican) Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Ocean Perch in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (Leaning Democratic) The Entire United States and U.S. Territories; Military Reservist Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program (MREIDL) (Neutral) Interval Fund Modernization; Expansion of Multiple Share Class to Registered Closed-End Management Investment Companies and Business Development Companies (Neutral) Wireline Competition Bureau and Office of Economics and Analytics Adopt 2026 Mandatory Data Collection for Incarcerated People's Communications Services (Leaning Democratic) Proposal of Special Measure Prohibiting the Transmittal of Funds Regarding Transactions Involving the A7 Network's Sub-Agents (Neutral) Amendment of Domestic Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range (VOR) Federal Airways V-16, V-184, and Revocation of V-284 and V-577; Eastern United States (Neutral) Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires From the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Final Results of the Expedited First Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty Order (Leaning Republican) Potassium Phosphate Salts From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of the Expedited Third Sunset Review of the Antidumping Duty Order (Leaning Republican) Certain Potassium Phosphate Salts From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of the Expedited Third Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty Order (Neutral) Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate From the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation: Final Results of the Expedited Fifth Sunset Reviews of the Antidumping Duty Orders (Neutral) Melamine From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of the Expedited Second Sunset Review of the Antidumping Duty Order (Leaning Republican) Methionine From France, Japan, and Spain: Final Results of the Expedited First Sunset Reviews of the Antidumping Duty Orders (Leaning Republican) Simplifying Physical Containment Requirements (Leaning Republican) Digital Modernization for Licensing Electronic Application Submissions (Neutral) Streamlining Flight Safety Analysis Methodology Means of Compliance (Leaning Republican) Lightning Hazard Mitigation Burden-Reducing Exception (Leaning Republican) Overpressure Blast Effects Analysis Burden Reducing Clarification (Leaning Republican) Airworthiness Directives; DG Aviation GmbH (Type Certificate Previously Held by DG Flugzeugbau GmbH) Gliders (Neutral) Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters (Neutral) Presidential Determination on the Revocation of Presidential Determinations Related to Lebanon (Neutral) Notice of OFAC Sanctions Action (Neutral) Self-Regulatory Organizations; Cboe C2 Exchange, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change To Amend Exchange Rule 5.52 (Neutral) Self-Regulatory Organizations; Cboe EDGX Exchange, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change To Amend Exchange Rule 22.6 (Neutral) Self-Regulatory Organizations; Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change To Amend Exchange Rule 22.6 (Neutral) Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE American LLC; Order Instituting Proceedings To Determine Whether To Approve or Disapprove a Proposed Rule Change To Amend Rules 903G and 906G (Neutral) Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE Arca, Inc.; Order Instituting Proceedings To Determine Whether To Approve or Disapprove a Proposed Rule Change To Amend Rules 5.32-O and 5.35-O (Neutral) Self-Regulatory Organizations; Texas Stock Exchange LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change To Adopt a Transaction Fee Applicable to Orders That Execute in Auctions on the Exchange (Neutral) Self-Regulatory Organizations; New York Stock Exchange LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change To Delete the Approved Person Registration Category and Adopt a New Definition of Associated Person (Leaning Republican) PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.; Notice of Institution of Section 206 Proceeding and Refund Effective Date (Neutral) Notice of OFAC Sanctions Action (Neutral) Design and Safety Considerations for Clinical Trials Involving Ibogaine Drug Products; Request for Information (Leaning Democratic) Proposal of Special Measure Regarding Convertible Virtual Currency Mixing, as a Class of Transactions of Primary Money Laundering Concern; Withdrawal (Leaning Republican) Requirements for Certain Transactions Involving Convertible Virtual Currency or Digital Assets; Withdrawal (Leaning Republican) Reef Fish Fishery of the Gulf of America; Amendment 62 (Neutral) Medical Devices; General and Plastic Surgery Devices; Classification of the Focused Ultrasound System for Non-Thermal, Mechanical Tissue Ablation (Neutral) Medical Devices; Cardiovascular Devices; Classification of the Hyperoxia Monitoring Device Adjunct to Pulse Oximetry (Leaning Republican) Medical Devices; Immunology and Microbiology Devices; Classification of the High Throughput DNA Sequencing for Hereditary Cancer Predisposition Assessment Test System (Neutral) Transparency in Coverage (Strongly Democratic) Medical Devices; Exemptions From Premarket Notification: Class II Devices; Certain Clinical Toxicology Test Systems (Leaning Republican) Adoption of Updated EDGAR Filer Manual (Neutral) Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Order Setting Aside Action by Delegated Authority and Approving Proposed Rule Change, as Modified by Partial Amendment No. 1, by The Options Clearing Corporation Concerning Methodology To Allocate Clearing Fund Deposit Requirements Among Its Clearing Members To Better Align the Allocation With the Sizing of the Clearing Fund so Stress Based Risk is Fairly Allotted to Market Participants That Expose OCC to Such Stress Risk (Neutral) Adviser and Regulated Fund Custody Rules; Crypto Custody Rules (Leaning Democratic) Initial Air Quality Designations for the 2024 Revised Primary Annual Fine Particle (PM2.5) National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) (Strongly Democratic) Privacy Act Exemptions (Neutral) Investment Adviser Performance-Based Compensation Modernization (Leaning Republican) Notice of OFAC Sanctions Action (Neutral) Security Zone; Patapsco River, Baltimore, MD (Neutral) Basin Regulations; Water Code (Leaning Democratic) Self-Regulatory Organizations; Miami International Securities Exchange, LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change To Adopt Rule 1328, Influencing or Rewarding Employees of Others (Neutral) Self-Regulatory Organizations; Investors Exchange LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Establish Listing Standards and Withdrawal Criteria for Options on Commodity-Based Trusts Holding a Single Crypto Asset or Multiple Crypto Assets and To Amend Rules Regarding Position and Exercise Limits for Options on iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (Neutral) Self-Regulatory Organizations; Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.; Order Approving a Proposed Rule Change, as Modified by Partial Amendment No. 1, To Exempt Specified Collective Trust Funds From FINRA Rules 5130 (Restrictions on the Purchase and Sale of Initial Equity Public Offerings) and 5131(b) (New Issue Allocations and Distributions) (Leaning Republican) Loans to Executive Officers, Directors, and Principal Shareholders of Member Banks: Bank Holding Companies (Neutral) Continuation of Actions: China's Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property, and Innovation (Leaning Republican) Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedures for Commercial Warm Air Furnaces (Leaning Republican) Revision of ACS-26 Rate Schedules; Public Hearing and Opportunities for Public Review and Comment (Leaning Democratic) Security Zone; U.S. Coast Guard Base, Los Angeles Harbor Main Channel, Los Angeles, CA (Leaning Republican) Notice of OFAC Sanctions Action (Neutral) Privacy Act of 1974; Implementation (Neutral) Airworthiness Directives; Airbus SAS Airplanes (Neutral) Presidential Declaration of a Major Disaster for the State of Ohio (Neutral) Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Modify the Operative Date of SR-Nasdaq-2026-004 (Neutral) Self-Regulatory Organizations; Nasdaq ISE, LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Amend the Market Wide Risk Protection (Neutral) Self-Regulatory Organizations; Nasdaq GEMX, LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Amend the Market Wide Risk Protection (Neutral) 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 (Neutral) Self-Regulatory Organizations; Cboe BYX Exchange, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Amend Rule 11.29 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; Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Amend Rule 11.30 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; Cboe EDGA Exchange, Inc.; 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; Cboe EDGX Exchange, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Amend Rule 11.24(b)(2) 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; Nasdaq PHLX LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Amend Rule 3101 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; The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Amend Rule 4121 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; Nasdaq Texas, LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Amend Rule 4121 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) Oleoresin Paprika From India; Determinations (Leaning Republican) Air Quality Plan; Arizona; Maricopa County Air Quality Department; New Source Review; Emission Reduction Credits-Rule 204 (Leaning Democratic) Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA); Virtual Access, Gynecologic Cytology Proficiency Testing (PT), Personnel Qualifications, and Other Changes (Neutral) Almonds Grown in California; Amendment to the Marketing Order (Neutral) Cut Flowers Regulations; Removal of Chrysanthemum White Rust-Related Provisions (Leaning Republican) Notice of Decision To Deregulate Chrysanthemum White Rust and the Importation of Chrysanthemum spp. Cuttings, and In Vitro Plantlets, and Synonymous Taxa From Certain Countries Into the Continental United States (Leaning Republican) Air Plan Approval; GA; Removal of Nonattainment Area New Source Review (Leaning Republican) Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by Vessels Using Pot Gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (Leaning Democratic) Low-Value Shipments (Neutral) Optional Practical Training Fees (Strongly Republican) Airworthiness Directives; Engine Alliance Engines (Neutral) Airworthiness Directives; Various Helicopters (Neutral) Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes (Neutral) Oleoresin Paprika From India: Antidumping Duty Order and Countervailing Duty Order (Leaning Republican) N-Cyclohexylbenzothiazole-2-Sulfenamide From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination, Preliminary Affirmative Critical Circumstances Determination, and Alignment of Final Determination With Final Antidumping Duty Determination (Leaning Republican) Chromium Trioxide From India: Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value (Neutral) Chromium Trioxide From India: Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination (Neutral) Chromium Trioxide From the Republic of Türkiye: Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value (Neutral) Airworthiness Directives; Airbus SAS Airplanes (Neutral) Airworthiness Directives; Airbus SAS Airplanes (Neutral) Self-Regulatory Organizations; MEMX LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change To Amend the Exchange's Fee Schedule (Neutral) Self-Regulatory Organizations; MEMX LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change To Amend the Exchange's Fee Schedule (Neutral) 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 IEX Equities Fee Schedule (Neutral) Self-Regulatory Organizations; Cboe EDGX Exchange, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change To Amend Rule 11.15 (Clearly Erroneous Executions) (Neutral) 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 Modify the Required Criteria To Qualify for the Reduced Incremental Fee (Neutral) Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change To Amend the Exchange's Transaction Fees at Nasdaq Equity 7, Section 118, To Establish a Tier of Credit for Non-Displayed Orders (Other Than Supplemental Orders) That Provide Liquidity (Leaning Republican) Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE American LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change To Amend the NYSE American Options Proprietary Market Data Fee Schedule To Adopt Fees for One-Minute Intra-Day Volume Reports (Leaning Republican) Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE Arca, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change To Amend the NYSE Arca Options Proprietary Market Data Fee Schedule To Adopt Fees for One-Minute Intra-Day Volume Reports (Neutral) Requirements for Additional Traceability Records for Certain Foods: Enforcement Policy for Certain Retail Food Establishments and Restaurants; Draft Guidance for Industry; Availability (Leaning Republican) Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH (AHD) Helicopters (Neutral) Notice of Intent To Prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Sentinel Deployment and Minuteman III Decommissioning and Disposal (Leaning Republican) Medical Devices; Immunology and Microbiology Devices; Classification of the Hematopoietic Cell Enrichment Kit (Leaning Republican) Medical Devices; Cardiovascular Devices; Classification of the Infant Pulse Rate and Oxygen Saturation Monitor for Over-the-Counter Use (Neutral) Medical Devices; Immunology and Microbiology Devices; Classification of the System for Detection of Nucleic Acid From Non-Viral Microorganism(s) Causing Sexually Transmitted Infections Using Home-Collected Specimens (Neutral) National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Procedures: Wintertime Oil and Gas Exploration in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska Categorical Exclusion (Strongly Republican) Raisins Produced From Grapes Grown in California; Order Amending Marketing Order No. 989 (Neutral) Emergency Tax Relief on Diesel Fuel (Neutral)
Each dot is one of the 126 scored documents. Hover a dot to see which one.

The week in numbers

Documents
495
Set or changed policy
126
Routine or administrative
369
Rules
49
Proposed Rules
42
Notices
401
Presidential Documents
3

Strongest readings

Leaning Democratic

Transparency in Coverage

Treasury Department, Internal Revenue Service and 3 more

Rule,

Strongly Democratic

Leaning Republican

Presidential documents and significant rules

Presidential documents, plus rules the government itself flags as significant, that set or changed policy.

Transparency in Coverage

Treasury Department, Internal Revenue Service and 3 more

Rule,

Strongly Democratic

Busiest agencies

Securities and Exchange Commission

65 documents, 43 scored

Neutral

Health and Human Services Department

63 documents, 12 scored

Neutral

Commerce Department

58 documents, 15 scored

Neutral

Transportation Department

52 documents, 16 scored

Neutral

Energy Department

35 documents, 3 scored

Neutral

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