Congress Swing TrackerLegislative intelligence Swing vote analysis

H.R. 1263: Strengthening the Quad Act · Congress Swing Tracker

H.R. 1263119th CongressInternational Affairs

Strengthening the Quad Act

Sponsored by Rep. Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY) · 5 active : 2 Republicans, 3 Democrats

Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Read the summary

Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate

Passed House

House: passedMay 19, 2025
Senate: next
President: not yet

9 senators score as swing votes

Summary

, via Congress.gov

Summary on Congress.gov

Strengthening the Quad Act

This bill directs the Department of State to seek to establish a working group with Japan, Australia, and India to facilitate closer cooperation on shared interests and values. (The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, also known as the Quad, is a coalition comprised of the United States and these three countries.)

Read full summary

The bill also requires the State Department to report to Congress a strategy for bolstering engagement and cooperation with the Quad. The strategy shall summarize current and past Quad initiatives, including those to promote broad-based and inclusive economic growth, technology cooperation, energy innovation, and resilient supply chains. The strategy shall also recommend (1) how Congress can help address certain barriers to implementing and expanding Quad cooperation, (2) new authorities needed to strengthen U.S. leadership in and contributions to Quad initiatives, and (3) additional resources needed to expand successful initiatives.

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 Motion to Suspend the Rules and PassPassed334 yea, 51 nayMay 19, 2025 · Roll call 132

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	42	1	2%
Middle	141	5	4%
Entrenched	133	28	21%

Committees and subjects

Committees

House Committee on Foreign Affairs · HouseReferred to
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations · SenateReferred to

Subjects

Advisory bodies
Asia
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Energy research
India
Infrastructure development
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
International organizations and cooperation
Japan
Oceania

Show all 14 subjects

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
153Entrenched 0–30
2Insufficient data not ranked

Members fall into . 2 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 49.0 (needs 5.0).

H.R. 1263 · May 19, 2025 · Roll call 131On Motion to Suspend the Rules and PassStrengthening the Quad Act
PassedSame bill×3.0
H.R. 1425 · Sep 11, 2024 · Roll call 1129On PassageNo WHO Pandemic Preparedness Treaty Without Senate Approval Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 5375 · Feb 15, 2024 · Roll call 772On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedStrengthening the Quad Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 5334 · Sep 16, 2026 · Roll call 668On Motion to Concur in the Senate AmendmentsAn Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.Con.Res. 93 · Sep 15, 2026 · Roll call 667On Agreeing to the ResolutionDirecting the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.Con.Res. 89 · Jul 23, 2026 · Roll call 642On Agreeing to the ResolutionDirecting the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.Con.Res. 108 · Jun 30, 2026 · Roll call 592On Agreeing to the ResolutionDirecting the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities in Lebanon
FailedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 2913 · Jun 4, 2026 · Roll call 567On PassageUkraine Support Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5

Show 17 more

H.Con.Res. 84 · Jun 4, 2026 · Roll call 561On Agreeing to the ResolutionDirecting the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to remove United States Armed Forces from Lebanon
FailedSame policy area×0.5
H.Con.Res. 86 · Jun 3, 2026 · Roll call 559On Agreeing to the ResolutionDirecting the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.Con.Res. 75 · May 14, 2026 · Roll call 530On Agreeing to the ResolutionDirecting the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove the United States Armed Forces from hostilities against the Islamic Republic of Iran
FailedSame policy area×0.5

Cosponsors

5 active

Show all 5 cosponsors

Ami Bera (D-CA-6)
Bill Huizenga (R-MI-4)
Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA-37)
Young Kim (R-CA-40)
Ed Case (D-HI-1)

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	378	50	13%

1
Michael LawlerRepublican · New York 17th · Lean D+1House Committee on Foreign AffairsOn the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Similar votes
Committee
Broke with party on 22% of 90 similar votes
Today98Swing
Vote on passage, May 19, 2025:YeaProjected at the vote: 95 Swing (today: 98)
ContactCall 202-225-6506 Website
2
Thomas H. KeanRepublican · New Jersey 7th · Lean EVENHouse Committee on Foreign AffairsOn the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Similar votes
Committee
Broke with party on 24% of 85 similar votes
Today97Swing
Vote on passage, May 19, 2025:YeaProjected at the vote: Swing
3
Jared F. GoldenDemocrat · Maine 2nd · Lean R+4On the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Similar votes
CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 25% of 90 similar votes
Today95Swing
Vote on passage, May 19, 2025:YeaProjected at the vote: 93 Swing (today: 95)
Contact
4
Marie Gluesenkamp PerezDemocrat · Washington 3rd · Lean R+2On the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Similar votes
CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 21% of 91 similar votes
Today93Swing
Vote on passage, May 19, 2025:YeaProjected at the vote: 91 Swing (today: 93)
Contact
5
Brian K. FitzpatrickRepublican · Pennsylvania 1st · Lean D+1On the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Similar votes
CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 35% of 91 similar votes
Today93Swing
Vote on passage, May 19, 2025:YeaProjected at the vote: 90 Swing (today: 93)
Contact
6
Jared MoskowitzDemocrat · Florida 23rd · Lean D+2House Committee on Foreign AffairsOn the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Similar votes
Committee
Broke with party on 13% of 89 similar votes
Today92Swing
Vote on passage, May 19, 2025:YeaProjected at the vote: Swing
7
Don BaconRepublican · Nebraska 2nd · Lean D+3On the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Similar votes
CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 24% of 90 similar votes
Today92Swing
Vote on passage, May 19, 2025:YeaProjected at the vote: 88 Swing (today: 92)
Contact
8
Henry CuellarDemocrat · Texas 28th · Lean R+2On the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Similar votes
CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 20% of 91 similar votes
Today91Swing
Vote on passage, May 19, 2025:YeaProjected at the vote: 88 Swing (today: 91)
Contact
9
Maria Elvira SalazarRepublican · Florida 27th · Lean R+6House Committee on Foreign AffairsOn the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Similar votes
Committee
Broke with party on 20% of 78 similar votes
Today89Swing
Vote on passage, May 19, 2025:YeaProjected at the vote: Swing
10
Thomas R. SuozziDemocrat · New York 3rd · Lean EVENOn the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Similar votes
CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 23% of 36 similar votes
Today89Swing
Vote on passage, May 19, 2025:YeaProjected at the vote: 87 Swing (today: 89)
Contact

Similar votes count toward swing-v3 in the House: total similarity weight 49.0 (needs 5.0).

H.R. 1263 · May 19, 2025 · Roll call 131On Motion to Suspend the Rules and PassStrengthening the Quad Act
PassedSame bill×3.0
H.R. 1425 · Sep 11, 2024 · Roll call 1129On PassageNo WHO Pandemic Preparedness Treaty Without Senate Approval Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 5375 · Feb 15, 2024 · Roll call 772On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedStrengthening the Quad Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 5334 · Sep 16, 2026 · Roll call 668On Motion to Concur in the Senate AmendmentsAn Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.Con.Res. 93 · Sep 15, 2026 · Roll call 667On Agreeing to the ResolutionDirecting the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.Con.Res. 89 · Jul 23, 2026 · Roll call 642On Agreeing to the ResolutionDirecting the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.Con.Res. 108 · Jun 30, 2026 · Roll call 592On Agreeing to the ResolutionDirecting the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities in Lebanon
FailedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 2913 · Jun 4, 2026 · Roll call 567On PassageUkraine Support Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5

Show 17 more

H.Con.Res. 84 · Jun 4, 2026 · Roll call 561On Agreeing to the ResolutionDirecting the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to remove United States Armed Forces from Lebanon
FailedSame policy area×0.5
H.Con.Res. 86 · Jun 3, 2026 · Roll call 559On Agreeing to the ResolutionDirecting the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.Con.Res. 75 · May 14, 2026 · Roll call 530On Agreeing to the ResolutionDirecting the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove the United States Armed Forces from hostilities against the Islamic Republic of Iran
FailedSame policy area×0.5

Strengthening the Quad Act

Summary

How the projections held up

House

Committees and subjects

Committees

Subjects

How the House breaks down

Key players in the House

Similar past votes, House

Cosponsors

How the swing score works

Not enough data to rank (2)

Ideology vs. swing score, House