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H.R. 828119th CongressCommerce
SERV Act
Sponsored by Rep. Sharice Davids (D-KS) · 3 active : 1 Republican, 2 Democrats
Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate9 senators score as swing votes
Passed House
- House: passedFeb 24, 2025
- Senate: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govSuccessful Entrepreneurship for Reservists and Veterans Act or the SERV Act
This bill requires (1) the Small Business Administration to report on the veterans interagency task force; and (2) the Government Accountability Office to report on access to credit for small businesses owned and controlled by veterans, Reservists, or their spouses.
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 Small Business · HouseReferred to
- Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship · SenateReferred to
Subjects
- Congressional oversight
- Credit and credit markets
- Government studies and investigations
- Small business
- Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
How the Senate breaks down
- 9Swing 70–100
- 69Middle 30–70
- 22Entrenched 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-v3Bars 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
3 activeShow all 3 cosponsors
- Herbert C. Conaway (D-NJ-3)
- Mark Alford (R-MO-4)
- Maggie Goodlander (D-NH-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.
