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H.R. 5616119th CongressFinance and Financial Sector
$2.50 for America’s 250th Act
Sponsored by Rep. Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL) · 61 active : 37 Republicans, 24 Democrats
Latest action: Received in the Senate.
Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate11 senators score as swing votes
Passed House
- House: passedFeb 9, 2026
- Senate: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.gov$2.50 for America’s 250th Act
This bill requires the minting of $2.50 coins to commemorate the 250th anniversary, or the semiquincentennial, of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
Specifically, the Department of the Treasury must mint and issue a $2.50 circulating coin upon determining that such minting is technically feasible, economically feasible, and not cost prohibitive. The design of such a coin during the first five years of its issuance must be as described by the bill, however, subsequent designs may be selected by Treasury to celebrate the founding of the United States.
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Treasury may also mint and issue $2.50 numismatic coins (i.e., collectible coins) in silver, clad, and other alloys, including gold.
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 Financial Services · HouseReferred to
Subjects
- Currency
- 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
- 11Swing 70–100
- 65Middle 30–70
- 24Entrenched 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
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Cosponsors
61 activeShow all 61 cosponsors
- Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ-12)
- Dwight Evans (D-PA-3)
- Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27)
- Barry Moore (R-AL-1)
- Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS-2)
- Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA-2)
- Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1)
- Daniel Meuser (R-PA-9)
- Jim Costa (D-CA-21)
- Madeleine Dean (D-PA-4)
- Russ Fulcher (R-ID-1)
- Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-19)
- John J. McGuire (R-VA-5)
- John W. Rose (R-TN-6)
- Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN-3)
- Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA-1)
- Nick LaLota (R-NY-1)
- Terri A. Sewell (D-AL-7)
- André Carson (D-IN-7)
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.
