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H.R. 1689119th CongressInternational Affairs
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate Haiti for temporary protected status.
Sponsored by Rep. Laura Gillen (D-NY) · 8 active : 1 Republican, 7 Democrats
Latest action: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 374.
Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate9 senators score as swing votes
Passed House
- House: passedApr 16, 2026
- Senate: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govThis bill directs the Department of Homeland Security to designate Haiti for temporary protected status (TPS) for 18 months beginning August 3, 2025. (Eligible nationals of a TPS-designated country may obtain employment authorization, may not be detained on the basis of their immigration status, and are not subject to removal while they retain TPS.)
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
On PassagePassed224 yea, 204 nayApril 16, 2026 · Roll call 120
| BandBand before the vote | VotedVoted yea or nay | BrokeBroke with party | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swing | 59 | 5 | 8% |
| Middle | 233 | 5 | 2% |
| Entrenched | 132 | 1 | 1% |
| Insufficient data |
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on the Judiciary · HouseReferred to
Subjects
- Caribbean area
- Foreign labor
- Haiti
- Immigration status and procedures
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
How the Senate breaks down
- 9Swing 70–100
- 69Middle 30–70
- 22Entrenched 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
Earlier behind swing-v3’s inputLoading similar votes
Cosponsors
8 activeShow all 8 cosponsors
- Michael Lawler (R-NY-17)
- Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL-20)
- Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY-3)
- Wesley Bell (D-MO-1)
- Frank Pallone (D-NJ-6)
- Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL-24)
- Joe Neguse (D-CO-2)
- Lois Frankel (D-FL-22)
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.
