REFINER Act

Sponsored by Rep. Robert E. Latta (R-OH) · 1 active : 1 Republican

Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate

Passed House

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

10 senators score as swing votes

Summary

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Summary on Congress.gov

Researching Efficient Federal Improvements for Necessary Energy Refining Act or the REFINER Act

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This bill requires the Department of Energy to direct the National Petroleum Council to publish a report on petrochemical refineries located in the United States. The report must include information concerning (1) the contributions of such refineries to U.S. energy security, (2) analyses and projections with respect to opportunities for expanding the capacities of the refineries and the risks to such refineries, (3) any federal or state executive actions that have contributed to a decline in their capacities, and (4) any recommendations to increase such capacities.

Committees and subjects

Committees

House Committee on Energy and Commerce · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
Energy · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources · SenateReferred to

Subjects

Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Government information and archives
Industrial facilities
Oil and gas

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

65Swing 70–100
225Middle 30–70
140Entrenched 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, 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 65.0 (needs 5.0).

H.R. 3109 · Nov 20, 2025 · Roll call 302On PassageREFINER Act
PassedSame bill×3.0
H.R. 3616 · Dec 17, 2025 · Roll call 346On PassageReliable Power Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 3638 · Dec 11, 2025 · Roll call 323On PassageElectric Supply Chain Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 3628 · Dec 11, 2025 · Roll call 322On PassageState Planning for Reliability and Affordability Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 1047 · Sep 18, 2025 · Roll call 278On PassageGRID Power Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.J.Res. 20 · Feb 27, 2025 · Roll call 52On PassageProviding for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy relating to “Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Gas-fired Instantaneous Water Heaters”
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 1640 · Jun 14, 2023 · Roll call 267On PassageSave Our Gas Stoves Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 1640 · Jun 14, 2023 · Roll call 266On Agreeing to the Amendment
FailedShared subjects×1.0

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H.R. 1640 · Jun 14, 2023 · Roll call 265On Agreeing to the Amendment
FailedShared subjects×1.0
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PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 5587 · Apr 23, 2026 · Roll call 497On PassageHEATS Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 4690 · Apr 22, 2026 · Roll call 494On PassageReliable Federal Infrastructure Act
PassedSame policy area

Cosponsors

1 active

Show all 1 cosponsors

Neal P. Dunn (R-FL-2)

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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Thomas H. KeanRepublican · New Jersey 7th · Lean EVENHouse Committee on Energy and CommerceOn the ballot
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Committee
Broke with party on 4% of 114 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
96Swing
ContactCall 202-225-5361 Website
2
Jared F. GoldenDemocrat · Maine 2nd · Lean R+4On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 53% of 114 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
95Swing
ContactCall 202-225-6306 Website
3
Marie Gluesenkamp PerezDemocrat · Washington 3rd · Lean R+2On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 50% of 117 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
93Swing
ContactCall 202-225-3536 Website
4
Brian K. FitzpatrickRepublican · Pennsylvania 1st · Lean D+1On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 37% of 117 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
93Swing
ContactCall 202-225-4276 Website
5
Michael LawlerRepublican · New York 17th · Lean D+1On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 5% of 117 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
92Swing
ContactCall 202-225-6506 Website
6
Henry CuellarDemocrat · Texas 28th · Lean R+2On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 51% of 117 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
91Swing
ContactCall 202-225-1640 Website
7
Jennifer A. KiggansRepublican · Virginia 2nd · Lean EVENOn the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 4% of 116 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
89Swing
ContactCall 202-225-4215 Website
8
Adam GrayDemocrat · California 13th · Lean R+1On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 65% of 23 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
89Swing
ContactCall 202-225-1947 Website
9
Don BaconRepublican · Nebraska 2nd · Lean D+3On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 3% of 117 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
89Swing
ContactCall 202-225-4155 Website
10
Laura GillenDemocrat · New York 4th · Lean D+2On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 32% of 24 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
88Swing
ContactCall 202-225-5516 Website