Flexibility for Workers Education Act

Sponsored by Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA) · 2 active : 2 Republicans

Latest action: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

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Where it standsBefore the House

Hasn’t passed either chamber

House: next
Senate: not yet
President: not yet

66 representatives score as swing votes

Summary

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Flexibility for Workers Education Act

This bill modifies the definition of

hours worked

under the Fair Labor Standards Act to exclude certain voluntary training that occurs outside an employee's regular working hours. Such training does not count as hours worked even if it is offered by the employer, provided that an employee's working conditions are not adversely affected by choosing not to participate and the employee does not perform any work for the employer during the training.

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 PassageFailed209 yea, 215 nayJanuary 13, 2026 · Roll call 19

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	34	5	15%
Middle	240	0	0%
Entrenched	147	1	1%
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Committees and subjects

Committees

House Committee on Education and Workforce · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to

Subjects

Employment and training programs
Labor standards
Wages and earnings

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

66Swing 70–100
208Middle 30–70
153Entrenched 0–30
6Insufficient data not ranked

Members fall into . 6 representatives don’t have enough data yet and are marked “insufficient data”. Non-voting delegates are not counted.

Key players in the House

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, House

Earlier behind swing-v3’s input

Similar votes count toward swing-v3 in the House: total similarity weight 9.0 (needs 5.0).

H.R. 2262 · Jan 13, 2026 · Roll call 379On PassageFlexibility for Workers Education Act
FailedSame bill×3.0
H.R. 5408 · Jun 9, 2026 · Roll call 576On PassageFaster Labor Contracts Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 2988 · Jan 15, 2026 · Roll call 391On PassageProtecting Prudent Investment of Retirement Savings Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 2988 · Jan 15, 2026 · Roll call 389On Agreeing to the Amendment
Agreed toSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 2550 · Dec 11, 2025 · Roll call 331On PassageProtect America’s Workforce Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 1156 · Mar 11, 2025 · Roll call 67On PassagePandemic Unemployment Fraud Enforcement Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 5339 · Sep 18, 2024 · Roll call 1145On PassageRETIRE Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.J.Res. 98 · May 7, 2024 · Roll call 903Passage, Objections of the President To The Contrary NotwithstandingProviding for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National Labor Relations Board relating to “Standard for Determining Joint Employer Status”
FailedSame policy area×0.5

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H.R. 6655 · Apr 9, 2024 · Roll call 823On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedA Stronger Workforce for America Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.J.Res. 98 · Jan 12, 2024 · Roll call 728On PassageProviding for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National Labor Relations Board relating to “Standard for Determining Joint Employer Status”
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 1163 · May 11, 2023 · Roll call 210On PassageProtecting Taxpayers and Victims of Unemployment Fraud Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.J.Res. 30 · Mar 23, 2023 · Roll call 148Passage, Objections of the President To The Contrary Notwithstanding

Cosponsors

2 active

Show all 2 cosponsors

Julia Letlow (R-LA-5)
Mark B. Messmer (R-IN-8)

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.

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Jared F. GoldenDemocrat · Maine 2nd · Lean R+4On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 31% of 12 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
Today95Swing
Vote on passage, Jan 13, 2026:NayProjected at the vote: 93 Swing (today: 95)
ContactCall 202-225-6306 Website
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Marie Gluesenkamp PerezDemocrat · Washington 3rd · Lean R+2On the ballot
Ideology gap
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 24% of 13 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
Today93Swing
Vote on passage, Jan 13, 2026:NayProjected at the vote: 91 Swing (today: 93)
3
Brian K. FitzpatrickRepublican · Pennsylvania 1st · Lean D+1On the ballot
Ideology gap
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 42% of 13 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
Today93Swing
Vote on passage, Jan 13, 2026:NayBroke with party
4
Kevin KileyIndependent · California 3rd · Lean R+2House Committee on Education and WorkforceOn the ballot
Ideology gap
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Committee
Broke with party on 10% of 13 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
Today92Swing
Vote on passage, Jan 13, 2026:Yea
5
Michael LawlerRepublican · New York 17th · Lean D+1On the ballot
Ideology gap
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Cross-pressure
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 18% of 13 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
Today91Swing
Vote on passage, Jan 13, 2026:YeaProjected at the vote: 88 Swing (today: 91)
6
Don BaconRepublican · Nebraska 2nd · Lean D+3On the ballot
Ideology gap
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 16% of 13 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
Today91Swing
Vote on passage, Jan 13, 2026:YeaProjected at the vote: 88 Swing (today: 91)
7
Henry CuellarDemocrat · Texas 28th · Lean R+2On the ballot
Ideology gap
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Cross-pressure
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 27% of 12 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
Today91Swing
Vote on passage, Jan 13, 2026:NayProjected at the vote: 68 Middle (today: 91)
8
Ryan MackenzieRepublican · Pennsylvania 7th · Lean R+1House Committee on Education and WorkforceOn the ballot
Ideology gap
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Committee
Broke with party on 8% of 6 similar votes
Today90Swing
Vote on passage, Jan 13, 2026:YeaProjected at the vote: Swing
9
Thomas H. KeanRepublican · New Jersey 7th · Lean EVENOn the ballot
Ideology gap
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Cross-pressure
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 15% of 12 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
Today89Swing
Vote on passage, Jan 13, 2026:YeaProjected at the vote: 87 Swing (today: 89)
10
Laura GillenDemocrat · New York 4th · Lean D+2On the ballot
Ideology gap
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Cross-pressure
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 18% of 6 similar votes
Today89Swing
Vote on passage, Jan 13, 2026:NayProjected at the vote: 85 Swing (today: 89)
Contact