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H.R. 1834 — Breaking the Gridlock Act

10%becomes law moderate confidencepending: Senate passed_one_chamber

Breaking the Gridlock Act — through the House, now needs 60 in the Senate: P(≥60) 54% puts enactment at 10%.

passed the House
10%
downstream: Senate + President
=
10%
becomes law

If it reaches the floor

majority
60 (cloture)

Projected 65 yea of 100 voting; 90% interval 37–95 (quartiles 53–81). Intervals are backtest-verified to cover ~90%.

Filibusterable: the realistic Senate line is 60 votes — P(≥60) = 54% (simple-majority P = 85%).

By floor procedure

No vote is scheduled, so the headline marginalizes over how the Senate would take it up; the branches:

ProcedureLikelihood Projected yeaPasses
conference19% 67 [37–96] 86%
passage81% 65 [37–95] 85%

Receipts

Sponsor: James P. McGovern (D). Latest action (2026-02-10): Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 319.
Full record: Congress.gov.

Forecast run predict-20260606T193507Z · models member-vote-1.0.0-t117d118-20260606 + passage-1.0.0-t117d118-20260606 · conditional whip forecasts for the Senate run at moderate confidence (why).