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H.R. 469119th CongressCongress
Semiquincentennial Congressional Time Capsule Act
Sponsored by Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) · 26 active : 14 Republicans, 12 Democrats
Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate17 senators score as swing votes
Passed House
- House: passedFeb 26, 2025
- Senate: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govSemiquincentennial Congressional Time Capsule Act
This bill requires the Architect of the Capitol to create a congressional time capsule in honor of the 250
th
anniversary of the Declaration of Independence to be buried on the west lawn of the Capitol on or before July 4, 2026. Congressional leadership will determine the contents of the time capsule, and the time capsule shall be sealed until July 4, 2276.
How the projections held up
Each member’s recorded vote compared with their swing projection from before the vote. A member by voting against most of their own party.
House
Passed by voice vote or unanimous consent: no individual votes recorded.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on House Administration · HouseReferred to
- House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · HouseReferred to
- Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management · HouseReferred to
- Senate Committee on Rules and Administration · SenateReferred to
Subjects
- Congressional leadership
- Historical and cultural resources
- U.S. Capitol
- U.S. history
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
How the Senate breaks down
- 17Swing 70–100
- 60Middle 30–70
- 23Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v3, directional: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.
Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, , and the . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
Earlier behind swing-v3’s inputLoading similar votes
Cosponsors
26 activeShow all 26 cosponsors
- Dwight Evans (D-PA-3)
- Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27)
- Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL-4)
- Donald G. Davis (D-NC-1)
- Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO-5)
- Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ-6)
- Lisa C. McClain (R-MI-9)
- Ritchie Torres (D-NY-15)
- Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA-2)
- Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN-3)
- Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA-6)
- Dina Titus (D-NV-1)
- LaMonica McIver (D-NJ-10)
- Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY-11)
- Robert J. Wittman (R-VA-1)
- Burgess Owens (R-UT-4)
- James P. McGovern (D-MA-2)
- Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ-2)
- Joe Wilson (R-SC-2)
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
