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H.R. 1634119th CongressCommerce
ThinkDIFFERENTLY About Disability Employment Act
Sponsored by Rep. Pete Stauber (R-MN) · 4 active : 1 Republican, 3 Democrats
Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate7 senators score as swing votes
Passed House
- House: passedJun 3, 2025
- Senate: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govThinkDIFFERENTLY About Disability Employment Act
This bill requires the Small Business Administration (SBA) to (1) provide assistance to individuals with disabilities who desire to become entrepreneurs or to be self-employed, (2) help individuals with disabilities find employment at small businesses; and (3) assist small businesses with hiring such individuals and with accessibility issues applicable to such individuals.
The SBA must conduct outreach and education about such activities.
The bill establishes reporting requirements with respect to these activities.
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
Passed by voice vote or unanimous consent: no individual votes recorded.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Small Business · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
- Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship · SenateReferred to
Subjects
- Disability and paralysis
- Disability assistance
- Employee hiring
- Small business
How the Senate breaks down
- 7Swing 70–100
- 65Middle 30–70
- 28Entrenched 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-v2Bars 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.
Similar past votes, Senate
Earlier behind swing-v3’s inputLoading similar votes
Cosponsors
4 activeShow all 4 cosponsors
- Chris Pappas (D-NH-1)
- Lateefah Simon (D-CA-12)
- Mark Alford (R-MO-4)
- Maggie Goodlander (D-NH-2)
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.
