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S. 856 — Disclosing Foreign Influence in Lobbying Act

41%becomes law high confidencepending: House passed_one_chamber

Disclosing Foreign Influence in Lobbying Act — Senate-passed, waiting on the House, quiet for 171 days; projected 343 yea if called, enactment 41%.

passed the Senate
41%
downstream: House + President
=
41%
becomes law

If it reaches the floor

majority

Projected 343 yea of 430 voting; 90% interval 213–418 (quartiles 282–409). 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% 284 [205–396] 88%
suspension88% 351 [221–419] >99%

Receipts

Sponsor: Chuck Grassley (R). Latest action (2025-12-17): 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).