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H.R. 5125: District of Columbia Judicial Nominations Reform Act of 2025 · Congress Swing Tracker

H.R. 5125119th CongressLaw

District of Columbia Judicial Nominations Reform Act of 2025

Sponsored by Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX) · 2 active : 2 Republicans

Latest action: Received in the Senate.

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Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate

Passed House

House: passedSep 17, 2025
Senate: next
President: not yet

9 senators score as swing votes

Summary

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District of Columbia Judicial Nominations Reform Act

This bill terminates the District of Columbia (DC) Judicial Nomination Commission.

Currently, the commission recommends to the President nominees for judges for DC's Superior Court and Court of Appeals, who must then be confirmed by the Senate. The commission also appoints the chief judges for these courts. The bill terminates the commission's involvement in nominations and requires the President to appoint the chief judges.

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 PassagePassed218 yea, 211 naySeptember 17, 2025 · Roll call 274

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	39	0	0%
Middle	185	0	0%
Entrenched	198	0	0%
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Committees and subjects

Committees

House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · HouseMarkup by · Referred to

Subjects

Advisory bodies
District of Columbia
Judges
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
State and local courts

Senate · 100 House · 433

Model

v3defaultv2

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

How the House breaks down

74Swing 70–100
209Middle 30–70
144Entrenched 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. 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 5.5 (needs 5.0).

H.R. 5125 · Sep 17, 2025 · Roll call 273On PassageDistrict of Columbia Judicial Nominations Reform Act
PassedSame bill×3.0
H.J.Res. 1 · Sep 2, 2026 · Roll call 653On Motion to Suspend the Rules and PassProposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of nine justices
FailedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 8365 · May 14, 2026 · Roll call 533On PassageMonitor Accountability Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 1526 · Apr 9, 2025 · Roll call 97On PassageNo Rogue Rulings Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
S. 4199 · Dec 12, 2024 · Roll call 1219On PassageJUDGES Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 788 · Jan 11, 2024 · Roll call 725On PassageStop Settlement Slush Funds Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5

Cosponsors

2 active

Show all 2 cosponsors

Clay Higgins (R-LA-3)
Joe Wilson (R-SC-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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Jared F. GoldenDemocrat · Maine 2nd · Lean R+4On the ballot
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Cross-pressure
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 24% of 6 similar votes
Today94Swing
Vote on passage, Sep 17, 2025:NayProjected at the vote: 89 Swing (today: 94)
ContactCall 202-225-6306 Website
2
Michael R. TurnerRepublican · Ohio 10th · Lean R+3House Committee on Oversight and Government ReformOn the ballot
Ideology gap
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Cross-pressure
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Committee
Broke with party on 15% of 6 similar votes
Today93Swing
Vote on passage, Sep 17, 2025:YeaProjected at the vote: Swing
3
Marie Gluesenkamp PerezDemocrat · Washington 3rd · 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 6 similar votes
Today93Swing
Vote on passage, Sep 17, 2025:NayProjected at the vote: 86 Swing (today: 93)
Contact
4
Brian K. FitzpatrickRepublican · Pennsylvania 1st · Lean D+1On the ballot
Ideology gap
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Cross-pressure
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 25% of 6 similar votes
Today93Swing
Vote on passage, Sep 17, 2025:YeaProjected at the vote: 84 Swing (today: 93)
Contact
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 15% of 6 similar votes
Today92Swing
Vote on passage, Sep 17, 2025:YeaProjected at the vote: 83 Swing (today: 92)
Contact
6
Don BaconRepublican · Nebraska 2nd · Lean D+3On the ballot
Ideology gap
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Cross-pressure
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 13% of 6 similar votes
Today91Swing
Vote on passage, Sep 17, 2025:YeaProjected at the vote: 84 Swing (today: 91)
Contact
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 23% of 6 similar votes
Today91Swing
Vote on passage, Sep 17, 2025:NayProjected at the vote: 82 Swing (today: 91)
Contact
8
Thomas H. KeanRepublican · New Jersey 7th · Lean EVENOn the ballot
Ideology gap
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 15% of 5 similar votes
Today90Swing
Vote on passage, Sep 17, 2025:YeaProjected at the vote: 81 Swing (today: 90)
Contact
9
Donald G. DavisDemocrat · North Carolina 1st · Lean R+1On the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 28% of 6 similar votes
Today89Swing
Vote on passage, Sep 17, 2025:NayProjected at the vote: 76 Swing (today: 89)
Contact
10
David G. ValadaoRepublican · California 22nd · Lean R+1On the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Similar votes
CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 12% of 6 similar votes
Today88Swing
Vote on passage, Sep 17, 2025:YeaProjected at the vote: 78 Swing (today: 88)
Contact