Require congressional approval before any president may deploy troops or armed federal agents to polling places.

Maggie Goodlander · New Hampshire · Democratic

policy impact 0.72 specificity 0.86 extraction confidence 82%

Commitment kind: outcome. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: Armed federal agents or troops would not be deployed to polling places without congressional approval.. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired. As U.S. Representative for New Hampshire's 2nd District, Goodlander co-introduced the Protect Our Polls Act in September 2026.

Occurrences

Today, Representatives Chrissy Houlahan (PA-06) , Maggie Goodlander (NH-02) , George Whitesides (CA-27) , and Pat Ryan (NY-18) introduced the Protect Our Polls Act , a bill to prevent armed federal agents from being deployed to polling places without Congressional approval.

Goodlander joined the introduction of legislation to prevent armed federal agents from being deployed to polling places without congressional approval.

Reps. Houlahan, Goodlander, Whitesides, Ryan Introduce Protect Our Polls Act, Blocking Armed Federal Agents at Polls | U.S. Representative Chrissy Houlahan
primary · press_release · model gpt-5.5

Evidence

unverified · Source version 80477 · locator unknown

Representatives Chrissy Houlahan (PA-06), Maggie Goodlander (NH-02), George Whitesides (CA-27), and Pat Ryan (NY-18) introduced the Protect Our Polls Act, a bill to prevent armed federal agents from being deployed to polling places without Congressional approval.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Goodlander joined the House introduction of legislation matching the commitment, but this is introduction rather than enactment.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Reps. Houlahan, Goodlander, Whitesides, Ryan Introduce Protect Our Polls Act, Blocking Armed Federal Agents at Polls | U.S. Representative Chrissy Houlahan
primary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 92%

verified · Source version 80477 · locator 4539

Requires Congressional approval before any President can deploy troops or armed agents to polling places.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The official release describes the bill as imposing the promised congressional-approval requirement.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Reps. Houlahan, Goodlander, Whitesides, Ryan Introduce Protect Our Polls Act, Blocking Armed Federal Agents at Polls | U.S. Representative Chrissy Houlahan
primary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%

verified · Source version 80479 · locator 136

To require explicit Congressional approval for troops or armed persons at polling places for the only exception in the United States Code, and for other purposes.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The bill text title directly tracks the promised requirement, but available evidence shows it as proposed legislation, not enacted law.

unresolved same_term A for effort

houlpa_257_xml.pdf
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 88%

verified · Source version 80481 · locator 1121

Congressional Bills S. 4845, H.R. 10497

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): GovInfo’s Congressional Record Index identifies the Protect Our Polls Act as pending congressional bills, including House bill H.R. 10497.

unresolved same_term A for effort

CRI2026 - PROTECT OUR POLLS ACT - CRI-2026-PROTECT-OUR-POLLS-ACT | Content Details | GovInfo
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 86%

unverified · Source version 80483 · locator unknown

In committee

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The House bill’s current status is committee referral, with no enactment shown, so the promise remains unresolved despite concrete effort.

unresolved same_term A for effort

H.R. 10497 — To require explicit Congressional approval for troops or armed persons at polling places for the only exception in the United States Code, and for other purposes. | HillGraph
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 78%

verified · Source version 80485 · locator 1830

unless such force be necessary to repel armed enemies of the United States

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Current law already restricts troops or armed men at polling places but retains an exception; the evidence does not show Goodlander’s proposed congressional-approval requirement has become law.

unresolved unknown

18 USC 592: Troops at polls
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 82%

Assessments

Public state: pending As of 2026-10-05 · verified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): unresolved. unknown A for effort

The verified commitment and passages show Goodlander co-introduced/proposed the Protect Our Polls Act to require congressional approval before troops or armed agents could be deployed to polling places. That is material same-term effort. But the commitment is framed as achieving the congressional-approval requirement, and the verified evidence only shows proposed legislation/bill identification plus existing law's exception, not enactment of the requirement by 2026-10-05. Introduction alone does not fulfill an outcome promise.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 88%