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H.R. 1949: Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2025 · Congress Swing Tracker

H.R. 1949119th CongressEnergy

Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2025

Sponsored by Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX) · 43 active : 43 Republicans

Latest action: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 286.

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Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate

Passed House

House: passedNov 20, 2025
Senate: next
President: not yet

7 senators score as swing votes

Summary

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Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2025

This bill repeals certain restrictions on the import and export of natural gas under the Natural Gas Act, including requirements for Department of Energy (DOE) approval and related provisions that address free trade agreements.

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In addition, the bill grants the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) the exclusive authority to approve or deny applications to authorize the siting, construction, expansion, or operation of facilities (e.g., liquefied natural gas terminals) to export natural gas to foreign countries or import natural gas from foreign countries. (Currently, DOE authorizes the export or import of natural gas, and FERC authorizes related facilities.)

In determining whether to approve or deny an application, FERC must deem the exportation or importation of natural gas to be consistent with the public interest.

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 PassagePassed217 yea, 188 nayNovember 20, 2025 · Roll call 304

How members in each band voted on this House vote, by their projection before the vote
BandBand before the vote	VotedVoted yea or nay	BrokeBroke with party	Share
Swing	33	7	21%
Middle	251	4	2%
Entrenched	115	0	0%
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Committees and subjects

Committees

House Committee on Energy and Commerce · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
Energy · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to

Subjects

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
Oil and gas
Trade restrictions

Senate · 100 House · 433

Model

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Directional: count only breaks toward the other party Why do scores change?

How the House breaks down

42Swing 70–100
251Middle 30–70
137Entrenched 0–30
3Insufficient data not ranked

Members fall into . 3 representatives don’t have enough data yet and are marked “insufficient data”. Non-voting delegates are not counted. The bill is not before the House right now; these scores show where members would stand.

Key players in the House

Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v3

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. Where the House has voted, each member’s appears with the projection made before it.

Similar past votes, House

Earlier behind swing-v3’s input

Similar votes count toward swing-v3 in the House: total similarity weight 63.0 (needs 5.0).

H.R. 1949 · Nov 20, 2025 · Roll call 303On PassageUnlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act
PassedSame bill×3.0
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PassedShared subjects×1.0
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PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 7176 · Feb 15, 2024 · Roll call 770On PassageUnlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
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Cosponsors

43 active

Show all 43 cosponsors

Brian Babin (R-TX-36)
Carol D. Miller (R-WV-1)
Clay Higgins (R-LA-3)
Craig A. Goldman (R-TX-12)
Dan Crenshaw (R-TX-2)
Dan Newhouse (R-WA-4)
Harriet M. Hageman (R-WY-AL)
Jake Ellzey (R-TX-6)
Jodey C. Arrington (R-TX-19)
John Joyce (R-PA-13)
John R. Carter (R-TX-31)
Julia Letlow (R-LA-5)
Lauren Boebert (R-CO-4)
Pete Sessions (R-TX-17)
Randy K. Sr. Weber (R-TX-14)
Roger Williams (R-TX-25)
Stephanie I. Bice (R-OK-5)
Troy Balderson (R-OH-12)
Victoria Spartz (R-IN-5)
Gabe Evans (R-CO-8)
Jefferson Shreve (R-IN-6)
Richard Hudson

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.

All voting members	400	11	3%

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Jared F. GoldenDemocrat · Maine 2nd · Lean R+4On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 51% of 114 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
95Swing
Vote on passage, Nov 20, 2025:YeaBroke with partyProjected: 95 Swing
ContactCall 202-225-6306 Website
2
Brian K. FitzpatrickRepublican · Pennsylvania 1st · Lean D+1On the ballot
Ideology gap
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 38% of 117 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
93Swing
Vote on passage, Nov 20, 2025:YeaProjected: 93 Swing
ContactCall
3
Marie Gluesenkamp PerezDemocrat · Washington 3rd · Lean R+2On the ballot
Ideology gap
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 49% of 117 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
92Swing
Vote on passage, Nov 20, 2025:YeaBroke with party
4
Thomas H. KeanRepublican · New Jersey 7th · Lean EVENHouse Committee on Energy and CommerceOn the ballot
Ideology gap
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Committee
Broke with party on 4% of 114 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
Today90Swing
Vote on passage, Nov 20, 2025:Yea
5
Henry CuellarDemocrat · Texas 28th · Lean R+2On the ballot
Ideology gap
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 50% of 117 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
90Swing
Vote on passage, Nov 20, 2025:YeaBroke with party
6
Adam GrayDemocrat · California 13th · Lean R+1On the ballot
Ideology gap
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 62% of 23 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
88Swing
Vote on passage, Nov 20, 2025:YeaBroke with party
7
Laura GillenDemocrat · New York 4th · Lean D+2On the ballot
Ideology gap
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 21% of 24 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
87Swing
Vote on passage, Nov 20, 2025:NayProjected: 87 Swing
ContactCall
8
Donald G. DavisDemocrat · North Carolina 1st · Lean R+1On the ballot
Ideology gap
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 45% of 116 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
86Swing
Vote on passage, Nov 20, 2025:NayProjected: 86 Swing
ContactCall
9
Thomas R. SuozziDemocrat · New York 3rd · Lean EVENOn the ballot
Ideology gap
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 16% of 41 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
Today85Swing
Vote on passage, Nov 20, 2025:NayProjected at the vote: 86 Swing (today: 85)
Contact
10
Jim CostaDemocrat · California 21st · Lean D+4On the ballot
Ideology gap
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 31% of 116 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
85Swing
Vote on passage, Nov 20, 2025:YeaBroke with party