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H.R. 6500: Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2027 · Congress Swing Tracker

H.R. 6500119th CongressEconomics and Public Finance

Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2027

Sponsored by Rep. Jason Smith (R-MO) · 1 active : 1 Republican

Latest action: Became Public Law No: 119-103.

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Where it standsBecame law

Became law

House: passedJan 12, 2026
Senate: passedAug 8, 2026
President: Signed into lawSep 2, 2026

46 representatives score as swing votes

Summary

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Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2027

This bill provides continuing FY2027 appropriations for federal agencies and extends various expiring programs and authorities.

Specifically, the bill provides continuing FY2027 appropriations to federal agencies through the earlier of December 11, 2026, or the enactment of the applicable appropriations act. It is known as a continuing resolution (CR) and prevents a government shutdown that would otherwise occur if the FY2027 appropriations bills have not been enacted when FY2027 begins on October 1, 2026.

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The CR funds most programs and activities at the FY2026 levels with several exceptions that provide funding flexibility or additional appropriations for various programs. For example, the CR includes exceptions for

the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC);

Small Business Administration loans;

the Disaster Relief Fund;

the Indian Health Service;

the Department of Justice; and

wildfire suppression activities.

In addition, the bill extends several expiring authorizations, including authorities and programs related to

agriculture,

flood insurance,

cybersecurity,

surface transportation,

veterans benefits,

housing,

defense production, and

trade preferences for Haiti and certain countries in sub-Saharan Africa.

Committees and subjects

Committees

House Committee on Ways and Means · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to

Subjects

Abortion
Access Board
Accounting and auditing
Administrative Conference of the U.S.
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Adoption and foster care
Adult education and literacy
Advanced technology and technological innovations
Advisory bodies
Afghanistan
Africa

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African Development Foundation
Aging
Agricultural conservation and pollution

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

46Swing 70–100
273Middle 30–70
112Entrenched 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.

Key players in the House

Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v3

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.

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Cosponsors

1 active

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Adrian Smith (R-NE-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.