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H.R. 1005: Combating the Lies of Authoritarians in School Systems Act · Congress Swing Tracker

H.R. 1005119th CongressEducation

Combating the Lies of Authoritarians in School Systems Act

Sponsored by Rep. David P. Joyce (R-OH) · 5 active : 5 Republicans

Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate

Passed House

House: passedDec 3, 2025
Senate: next
President: not yet

10 senators score as swing votes

Summary

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Summary on Congress.gov

Combating the Lies of Authoritarians in School Systems Act or the CLASS Act

This bill prohibits public elementary and secondary schools, as a condition of receiving federal elementary and secondary education funds, from accepting funds from or entering into a contract with the Chinese government, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), or any individual or entity acting on behalf of the Chinese government or the CCP. The bill also requires schools to disclose funding from or contracts with a foreign source to the Department of Education.

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

On PassagePassed242 yea, 176 nayDecember 3, 2025 · Roll call 312

How members in each band voted on this House vote, by their projection before the vote
BandBand before the vote	VotedVoted yea or nay	BrokeBroke with party	Share
Swing	63	24	38%
Middle	188	6	3%
Entrenched	158	0	0%
Insufficient data

Committees and subjects

Committees

House Committee on Education and Workforce · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions · SenateReferred to

Subjects

Asia
China
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education

Senate · 100 House · 433

Model

v3defaultv2

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

How the House breaks down

68Swing 70–100
210Middle 30–70
152Entrenched 0–30
3Insufficient data not ranked

Members fall into . 3 representatives don’t have enough data yet and are marked “insufficient data”. Non-voting delegates are not counted. The bill is not before the House right now; these scores show where members would stand.

Key players in the House

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, House

Earlier behind swing-v3’s input

Similar votes count toward swing-v3 in the House: total similarity weight 24.0 (needs 5.0).

H.R. 1005 · Dec 3, 2025 · Roll call 311On PassageCLASS Act
PassedSame bill×3.0
H.R. 2616 · May 20, 2026 · Roll call 544On PassagePROTECT Kids Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 1049 · Dec 4, 2025 · Roll call 313On PassageTRACE Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 1069 · Dec 4, 2025 · Roll call 312On PassagePROTECT Our Kids Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 881 · May 7, 2025 · Roll call 119On PassageDHS Restrictions on Confucius Institutes and Chinese Entities of Concern Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 1516 · Sep 10, 2024 · Roll call 1126On PassageDHS Restrictions on Confucius Institutes and Chinese Entities of Concern Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 1516 · Sep 10, 2024 · Roll call 1124On Agreeing to the Amendment
Agreed toShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 4795 · Sep 3, 2026 · Roll call 655On PassageProtect Economic and Academic Freedom Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5

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H.R. 7892 · Jun 10, 2026 · Roll call 577On PassageNo Aid for Ghost Students Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 6472 · Mar 4, 2026 · Roll call 442On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedTerritorial Student Access to Higher Education Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 6359 · Jan 22, 2026 · Roll call 407On PassagePregnant Students’ Rights Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 1048 · Mar 27, 2025 · Roll call 82On PassageDETERRENT Act
Passed

Cosponsors

5 active

Show all 5 cosponsors

Michael A. Rulli (R-OH-6)
Andy Barr (R-KY-6)
Erin Houchin (R-IN-9)
David J. Taylor (R-OH-2)
Mike Carey (R-OH-15)

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.

All voting members	414	30	7%

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Jared F. GoldenDemocrat · Maine 2nd · Lean R+4On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 48% of 37 similar votes
Today94Swing
Vote on passage, Dec 3, 2025:YeaBroke with partyProjected at the vote: 93 Swing (today: 94)
ContactCall 202-225-6306 Website
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Kevin KileyIndependent · California 3rd · Lean R+2House Committee on Education and WorkforceOn the ballot
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Broke with party on 9% of 37 similar votes
Today94Swing
Vote on passage, Dec 3, 2025:YeaProjected at the vote: Swing
3
Brian K. FitzpatrickRepublican · Pennsylvania 1st · Lean D+1On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 16% of 37 similar votes
Today93Swing
Vote on passage, Dec 3, 2025:YeaProjected at the vote: 90 Swing (today: 93)
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Marie Gluesenkamp PerezDemocrat · Washington 3rd · Lean R+2On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 47% of 36 similar votes
Today92Swing
Vote on passage, Dec 3, 2025:YeaBroke with party
5
Michael LawlerRepublican · New York 17th · Lean D+1On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 11% of 37 similar votes
Today92Swing
Vote on passage, Dec 3, 2025:YeaProjected at the vote: 90 Swing (today: 92)
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6
Don BaconRepublican · Nebraska 2nd · Lean D+3On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 10% of 36 similar votes
Today92Swing
Vote on passage, Dec 3, 2025:YeaProjected at the vote: 90 Swing (today: 92)
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7
Henry CuellarDemocrat · Texas 28th · Lean R+2On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 52% of 27 similar votes
Today91Swing
Vote on passage, Dec 3, 2025:YeaBroke with party
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Thomas H. KeanRepublican · New Jersey 7th · Lean EVENOn the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 10% of 35 similar votes
Today90Swing
Vote on passage, Dec 3, 2025:YeaProjected at the vote: 88 Swing (today: 90)
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9
Laura GillenDemocrat · New York 4th · Lean D+2On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 52% of 12 similar votes
Today89Swing
Vote on passage, Dec 3, 2025:YeaBroke with party
10
David G. ValadaoRepublican · California 22nd · Lean R+1On the ballot
Ideology gap
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 9% of 36 similar votes
Today89Swing
Vote on passage, Dec 3, 2025:YeaProjected at the vote: 85 Swing (today: 89)
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