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H.R. 5125 — District of Columbia Judicial Nominations Reform Act of 2025

19%becomes law moderate confidencepending: Senate passed_one_chamber

District of Columbia Judicial Nominations Reform Act — through the House, now needs 60 in the Senate: P(≥60) 34% puts enactment at 19%.

passed the House
19%
downstream: Senate + President
=
19%
becomes law

If it reaches the floor

majority
60 (cloture)

Projected 58 yea of 100 voting; 90% interval 44–87 (quartiles 51–66). Intervals are backtest-verified to cover ~90%.

Filibusterable: the realistic Senate line is 60 votes — P(≥60) = 34% (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% 61 [45–91] 91%
passage81% 58 [44–85] 91%

Receipts

Sponsor: Pete Sessions (R). Latest action (2025-09-18): Received in the Senate.
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).