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HR 140Protecting Speech from Government Interference Act

Congress 118

Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Sponsors

Action timeline

  1. · H11100 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
  2. · Intro-H Introduced in House
  3. · 1000 Introduced in House
  4. Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 24 - 20.
  5. Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  6. · H12200 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Accountability. H. Rept. 118-5.
  7. · H12410 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 2.
  8. · 5000 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Accountability. H. Rept. 118-5.
  9. · H1L210 Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 199 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 140, H.J. Res. 27 and S. 619. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 140, under a structured rule. The resolution provides for consideration of H.J.Res. 27 and S. 619, under closed rules. General debate is limited to one hour of debate on all measures.
  10. · H32700 Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 140 as unfinished business.
  11. · H32341 On motion that the committee rise Agreed to by voice vote.
  12. · H32340 Mr. Comer moved that the committee rise.
  13. · H32050 The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.
  14. · H30000 Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1196-1198)
  15. · H32700 Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 140 as unfinished business.
  16. · H32341 On motion that the Committee rise Agreed to by voice vote.
  17. · H32340 Mr. Comer moved that the Committee rise.
  18. · H8D000 DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 199, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Ogles amendment No. 8.
  19. · H8D000 DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 199, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Ogles amendment No. 7.
  20. · H8D000 POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Jackson Lee amendment No. 6, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Ms. Jackson Lee demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
  21. · H8D000 DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 199, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Jackson Lee amendment No. 6.
  22. · H8D000 DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 199, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Good (VA) amendment No. 5.
  23. · H8D000 POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Perry amendment No. 4, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Fitzpatrick demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
  24. · H8D000 DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 199, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Perry amendment No.4.
  25. · H8D000 DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 199, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Bishop (NC) amendment No. 3.
  26. · H8D000 DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 199, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Comer amendment No. 2.
  27. · H8D000 DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 199, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Clyde amendment No. 1.
  28. · H8D000 GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate on H.R. 140.
  29. · H32400 The Speaker designated the Honorable Mike Flood to act as Chairman of the Committee.
  30. · H32020 House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 199 and Rule XVIII.
  31. · H8D000 Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 140, H.J. Res. 27 and S. 619. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 140, under a structured rule. The resolution provides for consideration of H.J.Res. 27 and S. 619, under closed rules. General debate is limited to one hour of debate on all measures.
  32. · H30000 Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 199. (consideration: CR H1180-1194; text: CR H1185-1186)
  33. · H38310 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  34. · H37100 On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 219 - 206 (Roll no. 141).
  35. · 8000 Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 219 - 206 (Roll no. 141).
  36. · H36210 On motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 204 - 218 (Roll no. 140).
  37. · H30000 Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1230-1232)
  38. · H8D000 POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H.R. 140, the Chair put the question on the motion to recommit the bill and by voice vote announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Landsman demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the motion to recommit until a time to be announced.
  39. · H8A000 The previous question on the motion to recommit was ordered pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX.
  40. · H36200 Mr. Landsman moved to recommit to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability. (text: CR H1221)
  41. · H34400 The House adopted the amendment in the nature of a substitute as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
  42. · H35000 The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
  43. · H32600 The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 140.
  44. · H8D000 DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 199, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Rose amendment No. 10.
  45. · H8D000 DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 199, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Rose amendment No. 9.
  46. · H32050 The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.
  47. · H30000 Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1219-1221)
  48. Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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Inbound (2)

datefromtypeamountrolesource
Greene, Marjorie Taylorcosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
McMorris Rodgers, Cathycosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship

Who matters

Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.

#MemberRoleSpeechesVotedScore
1Greene, Marjorie Taylor (R, house GA-14)cosponsor01
2McMorris Rodgers, Cathy (R, house WA-5)cosponsor01

Who's influencing them

Orgs ranked by combined money flow on this bill: LDA filings citing the bill + individual contributions in cycle 2026from donors whose employer matches the org name (Schedule A) to any principal committee in the "who matters" list above.

#OrgLDA filingsLDA spendDonor employeesEmployee donationsTotal
1retired0$0340$24,074$24,074
2self0$022$1,720$1,720
3blackstone dilworth0$01$1,000$1,000
4self employed0$03$570$570
5eei, inc.0$01$500$500
6pci consultants0$01$250$250
7hpe0$01$250$250
8advanced archert technologies0$01$250$250
9larry d pribyl dds pc0$01$150$150
10the home depot0$01$105$105
11lamta0$01$100$100
12cpsi0$01$100$100
13fuble inc0$01$100$100
14tennessee valley authority0$01$100$100
15emc labs inc.0$01$100$100
16ups0$01$100$100
17publix supermarkets0$01$75$75
18self-employed0$01$75$75
19ais, ltd0$01$50$50
20hertz0$01$50$50
21schain banks0$01$50$50
22approved equal ent.0$01$50$50
23hague0$01$50$50
24sems0$01$50$50
25mimi0$01$50$50

Predicted vote

Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.

5 predicted yes (1%) · 268 predicted no (49%) · 274 unknown (50%)

By party: · R: 3 yes / 2 no / 274 unknown · D: 2 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no

9 high-confidence positions (voted + sponsor + cosponsor)

Activity

Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; click the date to jump to its provenance.

  1. 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Greene, Marjorie Taylor (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  2. 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by McMorris Rodgers, Cathy (cosponsor) · sponsorship

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