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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

52 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 Senate breaks down

7Swing 70–100
66Middle 30–70
27Entrenched 0–30

Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score. The bill is not before the Senate right now; these scores show where members would stand.

Key players in the Senate

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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Susan M. CollinsRepublican · Maine · Lean D+4On the ballot

Similar past votes, Senate

Earlier behind swing-v3’s input

Not applicable in the Senate. There is not enough similar voting history (weight 0.0 of 5.0 needed), so this input is left out of the score rather than counted as missing.

No similar roll calls in the Senate

No substantive, contested vote in this chamber matches the bill’s measure, subjects or policy area.

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.