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H.R. 3535119th CongressGovernment Operations and Politics
Stop Foreign Funds in Elections Act
Sponsored by Rep. Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA) · 2 active : 2 Democrats
Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate17 senators score as swing votes
Passed House
- House: passedJul 13, 2026
- Senate: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govStop Foreign Funds in Elections Act
This bill prohibits contributions or donations by foreign nationals in connection with state or local ballot initiatives, referenda, or recall elections.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on House Administration · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
- Senate Committee on Rules and Administration · SenateReferred to
Subjects
- Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
- State and local government operations
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
How the Senate breaks down
- 17Swing 70–100
- 61Middle 30–70
- 22Entrenched 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
2 activeShow all 2 cosponsors
- Jared F. Golden (D-ME-2)
- Susie Lee (D-NV-3)
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.
