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S. 3079119th CongressArmed Forces and National Security
Armed Forces Pay Act of 2025
Sponsored by Sen. Christopher A. Coons (D-DE) · 27 active : 27 Democrats
Latest action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Where it standsBefore the Senate12 senators score as swing votes
Hasn’t passed either chamber
- Senate: next
- House: not yet
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govArmed Forces Pay Act of 2025
This bill provides continuing appropriations to pay members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees of the Department of Defense (DOD) and intelligence agencies during any period in which interim or full-year appropriations for FY2026 are not in effect (i.e., a government shutdown).
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Specifically, the bill provides continuing appropriations for the pay and allowances of (1) members of the Armed Forces, including reserve components, who perform active service or inactive-duty training during the period; and (2) civilian employees of DOD, the Coast Guard, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and the Central Intelligence Agency.
The appropriations provided by the bill are available until the earlier of (1) the enactment into law of specified appropriations legislation, or (2) September 30, 2026.
The bill also specifies that the funds provided by this bill for intelligence or intelligence-related activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by the Congress during FY2026 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- Senate Committee on Appropriations · SenateReferred to
Subjects
No legislative subjects recorded yet. Similar-vote matching falls back to the policy area.
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
How the Senate breaks down
- 12Swing 70–100
- 47Middle 30–70
- 41Entrenched 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
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Cosponsors
27 activeShow all 27 cosponsors
- Alex Padilla (D-CA)
- Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
- Ben Ray Luján (D-NM)
- Brian Schatz (D-HI)
- Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
- Charles E. Schumer (D-NY)
- Jack Reed (D-RI)
- Jacky Rosen (D-NV)
- Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
- Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
- John W. Hickenlooper (D-CO)
- Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY)
- Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE)
- Mark Kelly (D-AZ)
- Mark R. Warner (D-VA)
- Martin Heinrich (D-NM)
- Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI)
- Michael F. Bennet (D-CO)
- Patty Murray (D-WA)
- Peter Welch (D-VT)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- Richard J. Durbin (D-IL)
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.
