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S. 2666119th CongressScience, Technology, Communications
Foreign Robocall Elimination Act
Sponsored by Sen. Ted Budd (R-NC) · 3 active : 1 Republican, 2 Democrats
Latest action: Held at the desk.
Where it standsBefore the Senate6 senators score as swing votes
Passed Senate
- Senate: passedAug 3, 2026
- House: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govForeign Robocall Elimination Act
This bill establishes an interagency task force on unlawful robocalls to advise federal agencies and Congress on combating robocalls made from outside of the United States.
The bill also increases the term applicable to the Federal Communications Commission’s designation of an industry-led consortium to trace the origin of suspected unlawful robocalls. Under current law, the commission must annually seek applications from industry groups to serve as the designated consortium; under the bill, the commission must seek applications once every three years.
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 Commerce, Science, and Transportation · SenateReported by · Markup by · Referred to
Subjects
- Advisory bodies
- Congressional oversight
- Consumer affairs
- Foreign and international corporations
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Marketing and advertising
- Right of privacy
- Telephone and wireless communication
How the Senate breaks down
- 6Swing 70–100
- 63Middle 30–70
- 31Entrenched 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-v2Bars 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
3 activeShow all 3 cosponsors
- Peter Welch (D-VT)
- Jon Husted (R-OH)
- Raphael G. Warnock (D-GA)
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.
