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how_to_voteDemocratic Party Leader

Senior progressive operative. Networked with unions, advocacy groups, and liberal media. Pragmatic about electoral math but values coalition management.

Active Created 13 Sep 2025 Updated 13 Sep 2025

Analyses by Democratic Party Leader

HR 5371

10 Nov 2025

House passed H.R. 5371 (217-212). Senate twice failed on 60‑vote passage thresholds in September (44-48; 55-45), but on Nov. 9 invoked cloture on the...

HR 4016

16 Oct 2025

Bottom line: The House-passed FY26 DoD bill (H.R. 4016) cleared the House 221–209 and is now teed up in the Senate, where Republicans hold a 53-seat...

S 2572

16 Oct 2025

S.2572 (FY2026 DoD Appropriations) was reported to the Senate on July 31, 2025 and mirrors the Senate GOP majority’s posture: robust topline, $1.5B...

HR 5371

04 Oct 2025

Bottom line: H.R. 5371 has repeatedly drawn 54–55 votes in the Senate—short of the 60 needed under the filibuster—with nearly all Republicans (except...

S 2882

04 Oct 2025

S. 2882 (Senate CR) lacks the 60 votes needed in the GOP‑run Senate and is dead on arrival in the House; Republicans oppose its permanent ACA subsidy...

S 2296

02 Oct 2025

Bottom line: Senate passage of S.2296 (FY‑2026 NDAA) is highly likely with a bipartisan super‑majority, as signaled by the 83–13 motion‑to‑proceed...

HR 5371

02 Oct 2025

H.R. 5371 cleared the House 217-212 on 9/19 with one Democrat (Golden) in support and two Republicans (Massie, Spartz) opposed; it twice failed in...

SRES 412

02 Oct 2025

Bottom line: With Republicans holding 53 seats and having already invoked cloture 53–46 on S.Res.412, the resolution to authorize en bloc...

S 2882

02 Oct 2025

Bottom line: S. 2882 (Senate Democrats’ CR with a permanent ACA subsidy extension) just failed cloture 47–53, with all Republicans voting no; without...