Jul 13 – Jul 19, 2026
16 roll-call votes · 15 bills moved · 0 new Louisiana filings
- Closest vote (210-211) — On Motion to Recommit Roll call
- Broadest support (418-0) — On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass Roll call
- Furthest along — HR 8535: Measuring Illicit Fentanyl Trafficking Act
Roll-call votes, with every Louisiana position
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass
A fast track for bills with broad support: debate is limited, no amendments are allowed, and passage needs a two-thirds majority.
The final vote on whether the bill passes this chamber.
National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2027
Decides whether this amendment changes the bill.
Decides whether this amendment changes the bill.
Decides whether this amendment changes the bill.
Decides whether this amendment changes the bill.
Decides whether this amendment changes the bill.
The final vote on whether the bill passes this chamber.
The final vote on whether the bill passes this chamber.
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
A fast track for bills with broad support: debate is limited, no amendments are allowed, and passage needs a two-thirds majority.
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass
A fast track for bills with broad support: debate is limited, no amendments are allowed, and passage needs a two-thirds majority.
Procedural votes (5)
Votes that move the process along — setting debate terms, ending debate, approving the record. Positions here often follow party strategy rather than the underlying issue.
Bills that moved
Passed chamber (1)
HR 8535: Measuring Illicit Fentanyl Trafficking Act
2026-07-14: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Passed the House and is now before the Senate.
In committee (10)
HR 9662: Birthright CLAIM Act of 2026
2026-07-14: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Assigned to a committee for review — the first step for most bills.
2026-07-15: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Assigned to a committee for review — the first step for most bills.
HR 9698: Advanced Coursework Equity Act
2026-07-15: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Assigned to a committee for review — the first step for most bills.
2026-07-15: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Assigned to a committee for review — the first step for most bills.
2026-07-14: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, Education and Workforce, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Assigned to a committee for review — the first step for most bills.
HR 9661: Expedited Access to Biosimilars Act
2026-07-14: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Assigned to a committee for review — the first step for most bills.
2026-07-15: Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Assigned to a committee for review — the first step for most bills.
S 4947: Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act
2026-07-13: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Assigned to a committee for review — the first step for most bills.
HR 9656: Illegal Alien Patient Reporting Act
2026-07-13: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Assigned to a committee for review — the first step for most bills.
S 4953: Form 5500 Filing Simplification Act
2026-07-13: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Assigned to a committee for review — the first step for most bills.
Other action (4)
2026-07-15: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4117)
2026-07-15: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4117)
HR 9084: Department of Energy Nuclear Transparency Act
2026-07-14: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
HR 9612: American Enrichment Deployment Act
2026-07-14: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
New money filings — Louisiana delegation
No new FEC filings were received from Louisiana delegation committees this week.