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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.
Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate9 senators score as swing votes
Passed House
- House: passedSep 17, 2025
- Senate: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govDistrict 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
| BandBand before the vote | VotedVoted yea or nay | BrokeBroke with party | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swing | 36 | 0 | 0% |
| Middle | 178 | 0 | 0% |
| Entrenched | 208 | 0 | 0% |
| All |
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
How the Senate breaks down
- 9Swing 70–100
- 62Middle 30–70
- 29Entrenched 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-v2, 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, . 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
- 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.
