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H.R. 2716119th CongressSocial Welfare
Ending Improper Payments to Deceased People Act
Sponsored by Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA) · 2 active : 2 Republicans
Latest action: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 371.
Where it standsBefore the House45 representatives score as swing votes
Hasn’t passed either chamber
- House: next
- Senate: not yet
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govEnding Improper Payments to Deceased People Act
This bill permanently allows the Department of the Treasury to access certain death records maintained by the Social Security Administration (SSA) in order to facilitate the identification and prevention of improper payments (e.g., payments to deceased individuals).
Current law requires the SSA to share its Death Master File with the Do Not Pay system maintained by Treasury for three years. The bill makes this requirement permanent.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Ways and Means · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
Subjects
- Disability assistance
- Intergovernmental relations
- Social security and elderly assistance
How the Senate breaks down
- 9Swing 70–100
- 62Middle 30–70
- 29Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score. The bill is not before the Senate right now; these scores show where members would stand.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v2, 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, . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
2 activeShow all 2 cosponsors
- Daniel Meuser (R-PA-9)
- Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA-1)
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.
