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S.J.Res. 182119th CongressEducation
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Education relating to "William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) Program".
Sponsored by Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) · 33 active : 31 Democrats, 2 Independents
Latest action: Motion to proceed to consideration of measure rejected in Senate by Voice Vote. (CR S2407)
Where it standsBefore the Senate7 senators score as swing votes
Hasn’t passed either chamber
- Senate: next
- House: not yet
- President: not yet
Summary
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Committees and subjects
Committees
- Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions · SenateDischarged from · Referred to
Subjects
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Department of Education
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Student aid and college costs
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
How the Senate breaks down
- 7Swing 70–100
- 42Middle 30–70
- 51Entrenched 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.
- 1
Susan M. CollinsRepublican · Maine · Lean D+4Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
33 activeShow all 33 cosponsors
- Adam B. Schiff (D-CA)
- Alex Padilla (D-CA)
- Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
- Andy Kim (D-NJ)
- Angela D. Alsobrooks (D-MD)
- Angus S. King Jr. (I-ME)
- Ben Ray Luján (D-NM)
- Bernard Sanders (I-VT)
- Charles E. Schumer (D-NY)
- Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
- Christopher A. Coons (D-DE)
- Cory A. Booker (D-NJ)
- Edward J. Markey (D-MA)
- Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
- Jack Reed (D-RI)
- Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
- John W. Hickenlooper (D-CO)
- Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY)
- Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE)
- Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH)
- Patty Murray (D-WA)
- Peter Welch
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.
