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H.R. 5616 — $2.50 for America’s 250th Act

24%becomes law moderate confidencepending: Senate passed_one_chamber

America’s 250th Act — through the House, now needs 60 in the Senate: P(≥60) 55% puts enactment at 24%.

passed the House
24%
downstream: Senate + President
=
24%
becomes law

If it reaches the floor

majority
60 (cloture)

Projected 69 yea of 100 voting; 90% interval 47–96 (quartiles 53–87). Intervals are backtest-verified to cover ~90%.

Filibusterable: the realistic Senate line is 60 votes — P(≥60) = 55% (simple-majority P = 94%).

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% 73 [50–97] 97%
passage81% 68 [47–96] 94%

Receipts

Sponsor: Robert B. Aderholt (R). Latest action (2026-02-12): 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).