S. 855: Royalty Transparency Act · Congress Swing Tracker

S. 855119th CongressGovernment Operations and Politics

Royalty Transparency Act

Sponsored by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) · 1 active : 1 Republican

Latest action: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 165.

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Where it standsBefore the Senate

Hasn’t passed either chamber

Senate: next
House: not yet
President: not yet

7 senators score as swing votes

Summary

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Committees and subjects

Committees

Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs · SenateReported by · Markup by · Referred to

Subjects

Congressional oversight
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Intellectual property
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

7Swing 70–100
63Middle 30–70
30Entrenched 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

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.

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Susan M. CollinsRepublican · Maine · Lean D+4On the ballot

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

1 active

Show all 1 cosponsors

Rick Scott (R-FL)

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.