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H.R. 249 — To redesignate certain facilities at Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park in honor of Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr.

16%becomes law moderate confidencepending: Senate passed_one_chamber

To redesignate certain facilities at Paterson Great Falls National Hi… — through the House, now needs 60 in the Senate: P(≥60) 56% puts enactment at 16%.

passed the House
16%
downstream: Senate + President
=
16%
becomes law

If it reaches the floor

majority
60 (cloture)

Projected 67 yea of 100 voting; 90% interval 40–96 (quartiles 54–84). Intervals are backtest-verified to cover ~90%.

Filibusterable: the realistic Senate line is 60 votes — P(≥60) = 56% (simple-majority P = 91%).

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% 72 [45–97] 93%
passage81% 66 [39–96] 90%

Receipts

Sponsor: Frank Pallone, Jr. (D). Latest action (2025-12-09): Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held.
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).