H.R. 5185: To make improvements in the enactment of title 41, United States Code, into a positive law title and to improve the Code. · Congress Swing Tracker

H.R. 5185119th CongressGovernment Operations and Politics

To make improvements in the enactment of title 41, United States Code, into a positive law title and to improve the Code.

Sponsored by Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA) · 0 active

Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate

Passed House

House: passedAug 31, 2026
Senate: next
President: not yet

14 senators score as swing votes

Summary

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Summary on Congress.gov

This bill makes technical and conforming changes to the

U.S. Code

that are related to the enactment of Title 41 (Public Contracts) into positive law.

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 the Judiciary · HouseMarkup by · Referred to
Senate Committee on the Judiciary · SenateReferred to

Subjects

Public contracts and procurement

Senate · 100 House · 433

Model

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Directional: count only breaks toward the other party Why do scores change?

How the Senate breaks down

14Swing 70–100
64Middle 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-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.

1
Susan M. CollinsRepublican · Maine

Similar past votes, Senate

Earlier behind swing-v3’s input

Similar votes count toward swing-v3 in the Senate: total similarity weight 7.5 (needs 5.0).

S. 3012 · Nov 7, 2025 · Roll call 609On Cloture on the Motion to ProceedA bill to appropriate funds for pay and allowances of excepted Federal employees for periods of work performed during a lapse in appropriations, and for other purposes.
Cloture on the Motion to Proceed RejectedShared subjects×1.0
S. 3012 · Oct 23, 2025 · Roll call 585On Cloture on the Motion to ProceedA bill to appropriate funds for pay and allowances of excepted Federal employees for periods of work performed during a lapse in appropriations, and for other purposes.
Cloture on the Motion to Proceed RejectedShared subjects×1.0
S. 5271 · Aug 8, 2026 · Roll call 890On Cloture on the Motion to ProceedA bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require voters to provide photo identification.
Cloture on the Motion to Proceed RejectedSame policy area×0.5
S. 1383 · Mar 26, 2026 · Roll call 732On the Cloture MotionTo require voters to provide photo identification.
Cloture Motion RejectedSame policy area×0.5
S. 1383 · Mar 21, 2026 · Roll call 720On the Cloture MotionA bill to establish the Veterans Advisory Committee on Equal Access, and for other purposes.
Cloture Motion RejectedSame policy area×0.5
S. 1383 · Mar 21, 2026 · Roll call 719On the Cloture MotionTo protect women and girls in athletics.
Cloture Motion RejectedSame policy area×0.5
S. 1383 · Mar 17, 2026 · Roll call 716On the Motion to ProceedA bill to establish the Veterans Advisory Committee on Equal Access, and for other purposes.
Motion to Proceed Agreed toSame policy area×0.5
H.J.Res. 142 · Feb 12, 2026 · Roll call 696On the Joint ResolutionA joint resolution disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the D.C. Income and Franchise Tax Conformity and Revision Temporary Amendment Act of 2025.
Joint Resolution PassedSame policy area×0.5

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H.J.Res. 142 · Feb 11, 2026 · Roll call 695On the Motion to ProceedA joint resolution disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the D.C. Income and Franchise Tax Conformity and Revision Temporary Amendment Act of 2025.
Motion to Proceed Agreed toSame policy area×0.5
S.J.Res. 82 · Dec 18, 2025 · Roll call 654On the Joint ResolutionA joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Policy on Adhering to the Text of the Administrative Procedure Act".
Joint Resolution DefeatedSame policy area×0.5
S.J.Res. 82 · Dec 10, 2025 · Roll call 641On the Motion to ProceedA joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Policy on Adhering to the Text of the Administrative Procedure Act".
Motion to Proceed Agreed toSame policy area

Cosponsors

0 active

This bill has no cosponsors.

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.