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S. 1659119th CongressFinance and Financial Sector
Bankruptcy Administration Improvement Act of 2025
Sponsored by Sen. Christopher A. Coons (D-DE) · 10 active : 6 Republicans, 4 Democrats
Latest action: Held at the desk.
Where it standsBefore the Senate11 senators score as swing votes
Passed Senate
- Senate: passedAug 1, 2025
- House: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govBankruptcy Administration Improvement Act of 2025
This bill makes several changes to the administration of bankruptcy cases, particularly by increasing certain fees, extending the sunset date of various fees, and extending the term of specified bankruptcy judgeships.
The bill increases the fees paid to the trustee in Chapter 7 (liquidation) cases.
The bill extends for an additional five years the fees paid quarterly to the U.S. trustee in Chapter 11 (reorganization) cases. The bill also increases the fee percentage for cases with large disbursements, subject to limitations.
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Finally, temporary bankruptcy judgeships in various districts are extended for an additional five years.
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 the Judiciary · SenateDischarged from · Referred to
Subjects
- Bankruptcy
- Financial services and investments
- Specialized courts
- User charges and fees
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
How the Senate breaks down
- 11Swing 70–100
- 58Middle 30–70
- 31Entrenched 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-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, Senate
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Cosponsors
10 activeShow all 10 cosponsors
- Cory A. Booker (D-NJ)
- Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
- Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
- Ashley Moody (R-FL)
- Elissa Slotkin (D-MI)
- Mark R. Warner (D-VA)
- Rick Scott (R-FL)
- Ted Budd (R-NC)
- Thomas Tillis (R-NC)
- Tim Kaine (D-VA)
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.
