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H.J.Res. 1: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of nine justices. · Congress Swing Tracker

H.J.Res. 1119th CongressLaw

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of nine justices.

Sponsored by Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) · 2 active : 2 Republicans

Latest action: On motion to suspend the rules and pass Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 212 - 206 (Roll no. 293).

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Where it standsBefore the House

Hasn’t passed either chamber

House: next
Senate: not yet
President: not yet

45 representatives score as swing votes

Summary

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Summary on Congress.gov

This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment requiring the Supreme Court to be composed of nine Justices—one Chief Justice and eight Associate Justices.

Committees and subjects

Committees

House Committee on the Judiciary · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to

Subjects

Constitution and constitutional amendments
Judges
Supreme Court

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

45Swing 70–100
204Middle 30–70
182Entrenched 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.

Similar past votes, House

Earlier behind swing-v3’s input

Similar votes count toward swing-v3 in the House: total similarity weight 5.5 (needs 5.0).

H.J.Res. 1 · Sep 2, 2026 · Roll call 653On Motion to Suspend the Rules and PassProposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of nine justices
FailedSame bill×3.0
H.R. 8365 · May 14, 2026 · Roll call 533On PassageMonitor Accountability Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 5125 · Sep 17, 2025 · Roll call 273On PassageDistrict of Columbia Judicial Nominations Reform Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 1526 · Apr 9, 2025 · Roll call 97On PassageNo Rogue Rulings Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
S. 4199 · Dec 12, 2024 · Roll call 1219On PassageJUDGES Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 788 · Jan 11, 2024 · Roll call 725On PassageStop Settlement Slush Funds Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5

Cosponsors

2 active

Show all 2 cosponsors

Rick W. Allen (R-GA-12)
Derek Schmidt (R-KS-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.