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S. 2296 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026

34%becomes law high confidencepending: House passed_one_chamber

National Defense Authorization Act — must-pass class. Waiting on the house, quiet for 206 days; the 34% reflects timing risk, not whether something passes.

passed the Senate
34%
downstream: House + President
=
34%
becomes law

If it reaches the floor

majority

Projected 339 yea of 430 voting; 90% interval 215–418 (quartiles 272–409). Intervals are backtest-verified to cover ~90%.

By floor procedure

No vote is scheduled, so the headline marginalizes over how the House would take it up; the branches:

ProcedureLikelihood Projected yeaPasses
passage12% 299 [207–413] 95%
suspension88% 344 [218–418] >99%

Receipts

Sponsor: Roger F. Wicker (R). Latest action (2025-11-12): Held at the desk.
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).