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H.R. 2474119th CongressScience, Technology, Communications
Expanding Appalachia’s Broadband Access Act
Sponsored by Rep. David J. Taylor (R-OH) · 0 active
Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate10 senators score as swing votes
Passed House
- House: passedMar 24, 2026
- Senate: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govExpanding Appalachia’s Broadband Access Act
This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to study and report to Congress on the Appalachian Regional Commission’s capability to incorporate low-orbit satellites in broadband projects. Specifically, the study must review and analyze the capacity and cost-effectiveness of using satellite broadband service for business purposes and economic development.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · HouseReported by · Markup by · Discharged from · Referred to
- Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management · HouseReferred to
- Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works · SenateReferred to
Subjects
- Congressional oversight
- Government studies and investigations
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Rural conditions and development
- Spacecraft and satellites
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
How the Senate breaks down
- 10Swing 70–100
- 63Middle 30–70
- 27Entrenched 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
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Cosponsors
0 activeThis bill has no cosponsors.
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.
