Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025

Sponsored by Rep. Monica De La Cruz (R-TX) · 7 active : 4 Republicans, 3 Democrats

Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

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Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate

Passed House

House: passedSep 15, 2026
Senate: next
President: not yet

11 senators score as swing votes

Summary

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Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025

This bill expands existing whistleblower protections for employees of federal contractors or grant recipients to apply to all contracts and grants funded by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) regardless of the date of execution.

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Current law protects employees of federal contractors or grant recipients from a reprisal (i.e., discharge, demotion, or discrimination) for disclosing evidence to Congress or another appropriate official of certain misconduct involving federal contracts, grants, or funds. This provision currently applies only to contracts and grants signed or modified after the law took effect in 2013. The bill expands these protections to apply to HUD contracts and grants signed before the law was enacted.

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 Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedPassed424 yea, 0 naySeptember 15, 2026 · Roll call 303

How members in each band voted on this House vote, by their projection before the vote
BandBand before the vote	VotedVoted yea or nay	Share
Swing	52	0%
Middle	228	0%
Entrenched	142	0%

Committees and subjects

Committees

House Committee on Financial Services · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · HouseDischarged from · Referred to
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs · SenateReferred to

Subjects

Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Public contracts and procurement

Senate · 100 House · 433

Model

v3defaultv2

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

How the House breaks down

49Swing 70–100
210Middle 30–70
172Entrenched 0–30
2Insufficient data not ranked

Members fall into . 2 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

Not applicable in the House. There is not enough similar voting history (weight 0.5 of 5.0 needed), so this input is left out of the score rather than counted as missing.

H.R. 6644 · Jun 23, 2026 · Roll call 584On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in Senate Adt to House Adt to Senate AdtHousing for the 21st Century Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5

Cosponsors

7 active

Show all 7 cosponsors

Nikema Williams (D-GA-5)
Eugene Simon Vindman (D-VA-7)
Daniel Meuser (R-PA-9)
John W. Rose (R-TN-6)
Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-5)
Warren Davidson (R-OH-8)
Michael Lawler (R-NY-17)

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	424	0	0%

1
Jared F. GoldenDemocrat · Maine 2nd · Lean R+4On the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Similar votesNot applicableCommitteeNo committee seat
Today93Swing
Vote on passage, Sep 15, 2026:YeaProjected at the vote: 92 Swing (today: 93)
ContactCall 202-225-6306 Website
2
Marie Gluesenkamp PerezDemocrat · Washington 3rd · Lean R+2On the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Similar votesNot applicableCommitteeNo committee seat
Today90Swing
Vote on passage, Sep 15, 2026:YeaProjected at the vote: 91 Swing (today: 90)
ContactCall
3
Brian K. FitzpatrickRepublican · Pennsylvania 1st · Lean D+1On the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Similar votesNot applicableCommitteeNo committee seat
90Swing
Vote on passage, Sep 15, 2026:YeaProjected: 90 Swing
ContactCall
4
Michael R. TurnerRepublican · Ohio 10th · Lean R+3House Committee on Oversight and Government ReformOn the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Similar votesNot applicableCommittee
Today89Swing
Vote on passage, Sep 15, 2026:YeaProjected at the vote: 87 Swing (today: 89)
5
Don BaconRepublican · Nebraska 2nd · Lean D+3On the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Similar votesNot applicableCommitteeNo committee seat
88Swing
Vote on passage, Sep 15, 2026:YeaProjected: 88 Swing
ContactCall
6
Zachary NunnRepublican · Iowa 3rd · Lean R+2House Committee on Financial ServicesOn the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Similar votesNot applicableCommittee
Today88Swing
Vote on passage, Sep 15, 2026:YeaProjected at the vote: 85 Swing (today: 88)
7
Henry CuellarDemocrat · Texas 28th · Lean R+2On the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Similar votesNot applicableCommitteeNo committee seat
88Swing
Vote on passage, Sep 15, 2026:YeaProjected: 88 Swing
ContactCall
8
Andrew R. GarbarinoRepublican · New York 2nd · Lean R+6House Committee on Financial ServicesOn the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Similar votesNot applicableCommittee
Today87Swing
Vote on passage, Sep 15, 2026:YeaProjected at the vote: 86 Swing (today: 87)
9
Thomas H. KeanRepublican · New Jersey 7th · Lean EVENOn the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Similar votesNot applicableCommitteeNo committee seat
Today87Swing
Vote on passage, Sep 15, 2026:YeaProjected at the vote: 86 Swing (today: 87)
ContactCall
10
David G. ValadaoRepublican · California 22nd · Lean R+1On the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Similar votesNot applicableCommitteeNo committee seat
85Swing
Vote on passage, Sep 15, 2026:YeaProjected: 85 Swing
ContactCall