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H.R. 7744 — Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026

39%becomes law moderate confidencepending: Senate passed_one_chamber

Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act — must-pass class. Waiting on the senate, quiet for 89 days; the 39% reflects timing risk, not whether something passes.

passed the House
39%
downstream: Senate + President
=
39%
becomes law

If it reaches the floor

majority
60 (cloture)

Projected 68 yea of 100 voting; 90% interval 46–96 (quartiles 53–86). Intervals are backtest-verified to cover ~90%.

Filibusterable: the realistic Senate line is 60 votes — P(≥60) = 53% (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% 70 [43–98] 92%
passage81% 67 [46–96] 94%

Receipts

Sponsor: Tom Cole (R). Latest action (2026-03-09): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
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).