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S.Res. 66119th CongressLabor and Employment
A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of "Career and Technical Education Month".
Sponsored by Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) · 51 active : 22 Republicans, 27 Democrats, 2 Independents
Latest action: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S802; text: CR S799-800)
Where it standsBefore the Senate3 senators score as swing votes
Adopted
- Senate: passedFeb 6, 2025
Summary
, via Congress.govThis resolution supports the designation of Career and Technical Education Month to celebrate career and technical education across the United States.
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
No committee referrals recorded
Congress.gov lists no committee activity for this bill yet, so no member gets the gatekeeper bonus in swing-v3.
Subjects
- Commemorative events and holidays
- Educational guidance
- Elementary and secondary education
- Employment and training programs
- Teaching, teachers, curricula
- Vocational and technical education
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
How the Senate breaks down
- 3Swing 70–100
- 30Middle 30–70
- 67Entrenched 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.
- Ideology gap
Similar past votes, Senate
Earlier behind swing-v3’s inputLoading similar votes
Cosponsors
51 activeShow all 51 cosponsors
- Alex Padilla (D-CA)
- Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
- Angus S. King Jr. (I-ME)
- Bernard Sanders (I-VT)
- Bill Cassidy (R-LA)
- Bill Hagerty (R-TN)
- Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
- Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
- Christopher A. Coons (D-DE)
- Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
- Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
- Cory A. Booker (D-NJ)
- Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY)
- Gary C. Peters (D-MI)
- Jack Reed (D-RI)
- Jacky Rosen (D-NV)
- James Lankford (R-OK)
- Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
- Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
- John Barrasso (R-WY)
- John Cornyn (R-TX)
- John Fetterman (D-PA)
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.
