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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.
Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate9 senators score as swing votes
Passed House
- House: passedDec 3, 2025
- Senate: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govCombating 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
| BandBand before the vote | VotedVoted yea or nay | BrokeBroke with party | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swing | 37 | 17 | 46% |
| Middle | 171 | 13 | 8% |
| Entrenched | 206 | 0 | 0% |
| All |
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
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.
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
Earlier behind swing-v3’s inputLoading similar votes
Cosponsors
5 activeShow 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.
