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H.Res. 1259: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should prioritize securing the release of Pastor Jin Mingri, Pastor Gao Quanfu and his wife Pang Yu, Dr. Gulshan Abbas, and Jimmy Lai detained by the People’s Republic of China during future engagements with Chinese President Xi Jinping. · Congress Swing Tracker

H.Res. 1259119th CongressInternational Affairs

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should prioritize securing the release of Pastor Jin Mingri, Pastor Gao Quanfu and his wife Pang Yu, Dr. Gulshan Abbas, and Jimmy Lai detained by the People’s Republic of China during future engagements with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Sponsored by Rep. Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ) · 3 active : 2 Republicans, 1 Democrat

Latest action: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

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Where it standsBefore the House

Adopted

House: passedMay 13, 2026

43 representatives score as swing votes

Summary

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Summary on Congress.gov

This resolution calls upon the President to prioritize the humanitarian release of five specified individuals (Pastor Jin Mingri, Pastor Gao Quanfu and his wife Pang Yu, Dr. Gulshan Abbas, and Jimmy Lai) and others unjustly detained by China during future engagements with China's President Xi Jinping.

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The resolution also (1) urges the President to seek verifiable proof of life, access to independent legal counsel, family communication, and medical care for these detainees; and (2) reaffirms the U.S. commitment to defending political and religious freedom and advocating for the release of those unjustly detained for exercising such fundamental freedoms.

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 AgreePassed414 yea, 0 nayMay 13, 2026 · Roll call 167

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	46	0	0%
Middle	208	0	0%
Entrenched	160	0	0%
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Committees and subjects

Committees

House Committee on Foreign Affairs · HouseReferred to

Subjects

Asia
China
Detention of persons
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Human rights
Religion

Senate · 0 House · 433

Model

v3defaultv2

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

How the House breaks down

43Swing 70–100
204Middle 30–70
184Entrenched 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-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. Where the House has voted, each member’s appears with the projection made before it.

Similar past votes, House

Earlier behind swing-v3’s input

Similar votes count toward swing-v3 in the House: total similarity weight 49.0 (needs 5.0).

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PassedShared subjects×1.0
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PassedShared subjects×1.0
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PassedShared subjects×1.0
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PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 5826 · Apr 16, 2024 · Roll call 849On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedNo Paydays for Hostage-Takers Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 533 · Feb 15, 2024 · Roll call 771On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedPromoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Dispute Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.Res. 894 · Dec 5, 2023 · Roll call 692On Motion to Suspend the Rules and AgreeStrongly condemning and denouncing the drastic rise of antisemitism in the United States and around the world
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 5334 · Sep 16, 2026 · Roll call 668On Motion to Concur in the Senate AmendmentsAn Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes
PassedSame policy area×0.5

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H.Con.Res. 93 · Sep 15, 2026 · Roll call 667On Agreeing to the ResolutionDirecting the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.Con.Res. 89 · Jul 23, 2026 · Roll call 642On Agreeing to the ResolutionDirecting the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.Con.Res. 108 · Jun 30, 2026 · Roll call 592On Agreeing to the ResolutionDirecting the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities in Lebanon
FailedSame policy area×0.5

Cosponsors

3 active

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John R. Moolenaar (R-MI-2)
Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY-3)
Young Kim (R-CA-40)

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.