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S.Res. 418119th CongressEnvironmental Protection
A resolution expressing support for the designation of the week of September 20 through September 27, 2025, as "National Estuaries Week".
Sponsored by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) · 30 active : 5 Republicans, 24 Democrats, 1 Independent
Latest action: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR 9/19/2025 S6795-6796)
Where it standsBefore the Senate8 senators score as swing votes
Adopted
- Senate: passedSep 29, 2025
Summary
, via Congress.govThis resolution expresses support for the designation of National Estuaries Week.
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
- Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works · SenateDischarged from · Referred to
Subjects
- Commemorative events and holidays
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Watersheds
- Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
How the Senate breaks down
- 8Swing 70–100
- 46Middle 30–70
- 46Entrenched 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
30 activeShow all 30 cosponsors
- Adam B. Schiff (D-CA)
- Alex Padilla (D-CA)
- Andy Kim (D-NJ)
- Angela D. Alsobrooks (D-MD)
- Angus S. King Jr. (I-ME)
- Bill Cassidy (R-LA)
- Brian Schatz (D-HI)
- Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
- Christopher A. Coons (D-DE)
- Christopher Murphy (D-CT)
- Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
- Cory A. Booker (D-NJ)
- Edward J. Markey (D-MA)
- Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
- Jack Reed (D-RI)
- Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
- Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
- John Kennedy (R-LA)
- Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE)
- Margaret Wood Hassan
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.
