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S. 154119th CongressWater Resources Development
Colorado River Basin System Conservation Extension Act
Sponsored by Sen. John W. Hickenlooper (D-CO) · 4 active : 3 Republicans, 1 Democrat
Latest action: Held at the desk.
Where it standsBefore the Senate8 senators score as swing votes
Passed Senate
- Senate: passedJun 18, 2025
- House: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govColorado River Basin System Conservation Extension Act
This bill extends through FY2026 the Bureau of Reclamation's pilot projects to increase water levels in the Upper Colorado River Basin and Lake Mead due to drought conditions.
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.
Senate
Passed by voice vote or unanimous consent: no individual votes recorded.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources · SenateDischarged from · Referred to
Subjects
- Arizona
- California
- Colorado
- Congressional oversight
- Nevada
- New Mexico
- Utah
- Water resources funding
- Wyoming
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
How the Senate breaks down
- 8Swing 70–100
- 65Middle 30–70
- 27Entrenched 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-v3Bars 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
Earlier behind swing-v3’s inputLoading similar votes
Cosponsors
4 activeShow all 4 cosponsors
- Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY)
- John Barrasso (R-WY)
- John R. Curtis (R-UT)
- Michael F. Bennet (D-CO)
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.
