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Procedural Viability Check
(672 analyses)HRES 1142
House adopted a special rule on March 27 to ping‑pong the FY26 DHS appropriations vehicle (H.R. 7147); it’s a must‑pass lane, but a live Senate...
SRES 647
S.Res. 647 is a Senate-only commemorative; introduced March 17, 2026 and referred to Judiciary. These “National Day” items typically clear by...
SRES 661
Already adopted by the Senate via unanimous consent; as a simple Senate resolution with bipartisan backing, it faced no bicameral or 60‑vote hurdles....
SRES 648
Bottom line: This Senate simple resolution was introduced by Sens. Klobuchar and Smith on March 17, 2026 and, as expected for a nonbinding...
HRES 1131
GOP runs the White House and both chambers; the Senate majority (53–47, with two independents caucusing with Democrats) keeps the filibuster, so...
SRES 656
This is a commemorative Senate simple resolution that requires no House or presidential action and is customarily cleared by unanimous consent; in...
SRES 425
S.Res. 425 is a Senate-only commemorative simple resolution, introduced by Sen. Jerry Moran and referred to Judiciary; these measures are routinely...
SRES 372
Bottom line: S.Res. 372 is a simple Senate resolution with no budget score, no House/White House leg, and it cleared the only chokepoint (Senate...
SRES 650
Bottom line: S.Res. 650 is a simple Senate recognition measure that the Senate already agreed to by unanimous consent (March 18, 2026). It does not...
HRES 1115
House GOP leadership has a closed rule teed up for H.R. 556 (lead ammo/tackle), H.R. 1958 (Deporting Fraudsters), and H.R. 4638 (BOWOW). With...
Prediction Analysis
(659 analyses)SRES 647
S. Res. 647 is a one-chamber commemorative. Introduced March 17, 2026 and referred to Judiciary, it mirrors prior-year Osceola Turkey Day resolutions...
SRES 661
S.Res. 661 is a ceremonial simple resolution. In a GOP‑led Senate (53–47) under Majority Leader John Thune, measures like this typically clear by...
SRES 648
S.Res. 648—Klobuchar/Smith’s condolence resolution for MSG Nicole M. Amor—has already cleared the Senate by unanimous consent. As a simple Senate...
SRES 656
S. Res. 656 is a nonbinding Senate-only commemorative that was cleared by unanimous consent; no House or White House action is required. With...
SRES 372
S.Res. 372 is a nonbinding Senate simple resolution honoring a fallen officer. It was referred to Judiciary on September 3, 2025, and these items are...
SRES 425
S.Res. 425 is a simple Senate resolution honoring Sgt. Scott Heimann; it requires only Senate action and is typically cleared by unanimous consent....
SRES 650
S. Res. 650 is a simple, nonbinding Senate-only recognition measure that has already cleared the chamber by unanimous consent; as a simple...
SRES 629
S.Res. 629 is already final: Judiciary was discharged and the Senate agreed to it by unanimous consent on March 16, 2026. As a Senate simple...
SRES 642
S. Res. 642 is a ceremonial Senate simple resolution honoring the YMCA; it has already cleared the Senate by unanimous consent and, as a simple...
SRES 626
Closed. S.Res. 626 was adopted by unanimous consent on March 4, 2026; as a simple Senate resolution, no House or presidential action is required....
Whip Count Analysis
(805 analyses)SRES 647
Bottom line: S.Res. 647 (National Osceola Turkey Day) was introduced by Sen. Rick Scott with Sen. Ashley Moody on March 17, 2026 and cleared the...
SRES 648
Bottom line: S.Res. 648 (Klobuchar/Smith) is a noncontroversial Senate-only memorial that moved by unanimous consent after Armed Services discharge;...
SRES 372
S.Res. 372 is a Senate-only tribute measure honoring fallen KCKPD Officer Hunter Simoncic. It was introduced by Sen. Jerry Moran with Sen. Roger...
SRES 425
Non-controversial Senate memorial measure introduced by Sens. Moran and Marshall; handled in Judiciary and cleared on the floor by unanimous consent...
SRES 629
S. Res. 629 is a commemorative simple resolution that moved in one week from introduction (March 9, 2026) to adoption by unanimous consent on March...
S 3705
S.3705 cleared the Senate by unanimous consent (Jan 27, 2026), passed the House on a suspension voice vote (Feb 9, 2026), and was signed into law as...
HJRES 142
Outcome locked: H.J.Res. 142 cleared the House 215–210, the Senate 49–47, and was signed February 18, 2026. Votes were strictly along party lines...
HR 1043
Local, non-controversial land conveyance framed for solar development. House moved it on Suspension (voice vote); Senate cleared it by UC/voice....
HRES 1057
House Republicans muscled H. Res. 1057 through by a single‑vote margin after a 216–214 previous‑question test, signaling they can advance a tightly...
SRES 586
Result: S.Res. 586 (Klobuchar–Grassley) was discharged from Judiciary and adopted by Unanimous Consent on February 9, 2026; as a simple Senate...
Whip Count Feasibility
(3 analyses)HR 4754
House GOP Interior–Environment bill with extensive riders; Republicans control White House, House, and hold 53–seat Senate majority, but the 60‑vote...
HR 3944
H.R. 3944 cleared the Senate 87–9 and the House 218–206 and now sits in conference; with Republicans holding narrow House control and a 53–47 Senate,...
HR 4213
Bottom line: H.R. 4213 can likely clear the House on a partisan rule, but as written it cannot reach 60 in the Senate. Any path runs through a...
Public Summary
(1 analyses)S 2844
S. 2844 (“Charlie Kirk Act”) would reinstate strict limits on U.S.‑funded foreign‑broadcast content being distributed inside the United States and...
K Street & Industry Angle
(19 analyses)S 2296
Pragmatic scoring of high‑salience FY26 NDAA provisions through a K Street/industry lens. Each item rates sector mapping, winners/losers, carve‑outs,...
S 2354
Bottom line: S. 2354 (CJS FY2026) is industry-aligned and earmark‑rich; with GOP control of the White House, Senate (53–47), and House, the bill’s...
HR 5680
Narrow shutdown carve‑out for public Navy shipyard pay intersects a major, well‑funded sector and powerful local delegations, but Appropriations...
HR 842
H.R. 842 sits in a sweet spot for diagnostics and patient groups, with GOP-led committees moving it and a friendly Senate Finance chair; expect House...
HR 2846
Narrow personnel-parity bill with negligible industry salience; reported out of House E&C on a 46–0 vote and sitting in a Republican-run Congress—so...
HR 3190
Low U.S. industry exposure; bipartisan momentum in House Foreign Affairs; GOP control in both chambers lowers friction; best vehicle is NDAA/SFOPS...
HR 3419
Low-controversy HRSA authorization with broad provider/tech backing, tiny topline ($42.05M/yr) and strong bipartisan committee signaling (E&C 48–0)...
HR 5371
Bottom line: H.R. 5371 is a short, status-quo CR plus health/VA/FDA extenders with a handful of narrow defense and program carve‑outs. It already...
SRES 412
Procedural, not policy: GOP-run Senate is using en bloc resolutions to accelerate confirmations. With Thune as majority leader, prior passage of a...
S 2882
S. 2882 is a short CR with a long list of anomalies plus a permanent ACA subsidy expansion. K Street largely favors the bill’s substance (defense,...
Impact Analysis
(5 analyses)HRES 761
H.Res. 761 is a simple House resolution that expresses support for designating September 23, 2025, as “Bruce Springsteen Day.” Simple resolutions are...
HRES 766
H. Res. 766 is a nonbinding House simple resolution marking the Schomburg Center’s centennial; by design it carries no force of law, appropriations,...
HR 165
Targeted, low-cost land-status change for ~40 acres at Wounded Knee into restricted fee for the Oglala Sioux and Cheyenne River Sioux. Federal fiscal...
S 105
Low-cost, high-salience land‑status bill. S.105 would place 40 acres at Wounded Knee into restricted fee, non‑taxable status jointly for the Oglala...
S 1287
S.1287 (DELETE Act) would require FTC to build a centralized, hashed “one‑stop” deletion and do‑not‑collect mechanism for data brokers, backed by...
Overton Analysis
(8 analyses)HR 5371
Institutionally, a short-term, largely "clean" CR through November 21 is mainstream procedure. But H.R. 5371 failed a 60‑vote test in the GOP‑run...
HR 5371
H.R. 5371 is a short-term continuing resolution through Nov. 21, 2025, with standard health and VA extenders and OTC monograph user-fee...
HR 3965
H.R. 3965 (PEARL Act) sits squarely in the mainstream-to-popular band: it formalizes an already-operational CBP support-canine effort, carries...
S 2296
Bottom line: The FY26 Senate NDAA (S.2296) sits in the ‘mainstream’ of U.S. defense policy on topline, China/Russia pacing threats, industrial base,...
HR 5107
Within the GOP-led governing coalition, H.R. 5107 (CLEAN DC Act) sits squarely in the “acceptable-to-popular” band; among Democrats and DC home‑rule...
HR 5214
GOP-led H.R. 5214 sits inside the Republican mainstream and at the edge of national acceptability: mandatory pretrial detention for violent/dangerous...
HR 5179
Nationally, H.R. 5179 sits outside the mainstream—perceived as a sharp rollback of D.C. home rule—yet it is acceptable within today’s House GOP and...
HR 5346
H.R. 5346 (Fair and Accountable IRS Reviews Act) sits in the “acceptable-to-mainstream” band of tax administration ideas: it codifies earlier,...
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