HELP Response and Recovery Act

Sponsored by Sen. Gary C. Peters (D-MI) · 1 active : 1 Republican

Latest action: Held at the desk.

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Where it standsBefore the Senate

Passed Senate

Senate: passedDec 16, 2025
House: next
President: not yet

9 senators score as swing votes

Summary

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Summary on Congress.gov

Helping Eliminate Limitations for Prompt Response and Recovery Act or the HELP Response and Recovery Act

This bill extends the maximum duration of noncompetitive Department of Homeland Security (DHS) contracts for disaster response and recovery from 150 days to one year by repealing a current limitation on such DHS contracts so that standard procurement regulations apply regarding urgent needs. It also requires DHS to report to Congress annually for five years to review how this repeal has prevented waste and provide information on noncompetitive Federal Emergency Management Agency contracts.

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.

Senate

Passed by voice vote or unanimous consent: no individual votes recorded.

Committees and subjects

Committees

Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs · SenateReported by · Markup by · Referred to

Subjects

Congressional oversight
Disaster relief and insurance
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
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

45Swing 70–100
206Middle 30–70
180Entrenched 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-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, House

Earlier behind swing-v3’s input

Similar votes count toward swing-v3 in the House: total similarity weight 10.5 (needs 5.0).

H.R. 4058 · Nov 19, 2025 · Roll call 299On Motion to Suspend the Rules and PassEnhancing Stakeholder Support and Outreach for Preparedness Grants Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 4367 · Sep 28, 2023 · Roll call 504On PassageMaking appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 4367 · Sep 28, 2023 · Roll call 460On Agreeing to the Amendment
FailedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 4367 · Sep 28, 2023 · Roll call 459On Agreeing to the Amendment
FailedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 4367 · Sep 28, 2023 · Roll call 458On Agreeing to the Amendment
FailedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 4367 · Sep 28, 2023 · Roll call 457On Agreeing to the Amendment
FailedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 4367 · Sep 27, 2023 · Roll call 454On Agreeing to the Amendment
FailedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 4367 · Sep 27, 2023 · Roll call 453On Agreeing to the Amendment
FailedSame policy area×0.5

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H.R. 4367 · Sep 27, 2023 · Roll call 452On Agreeing to the Amendment
FailedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 4367 · Sep 27, 2023 · Roll call 451On Agreeing to the Amendment
FailedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 4367 · Sep 27, 2023 · Roll call 450On Agreeing to the Amendment
FailedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 4367 · Sep 27, 2023 · Roll call 449On Agreeing to the Amendment
FailedSame policy area×0.5

Cosponsors

1 active

Show all 1 cosponsors

John Kennedy (R-LA)

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.