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H.R. 8469 — Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes.

28%becomes law moderate confidencepending: Senate passed_one_chamber

Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Ve… — must-pass class. Waiting on the senate; the 28% reflects timing risk, not whether something passes.

passed the House
28%
downstream: Senate + President
=
28%
becomes law

If it reaches the floor

majority
60 (cloture)

Projected 65 yea of 100 voting; 90% interval 43–94 (quartiles 52–81). Intervals are backtest-verified to cover ~90%.

Filibusterable: the realistic Senate line is 60 votes — P(≥60) = 48% (simple-majority P = 92%).

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 [46–96] 94%
passage81% 64 [42–93] 92%

Receipts

Sponsor: John R. Carter (R). Latest action (2026-05-20): 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).