HR 2966 — American Entrepreneurs First Act of 2025
Congress 119
Latest action: — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Sponsors
- Cloud, Michael (R, TX-27) — cosponsor
Action timeline
- · H11100 — Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
- · Intro-H — Introduced in House
- · 1000 — Introduced in House
- — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 15 - 11.
- — Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- · H12410 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 83.
- · H12200 — Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 119-112.
- · 5000 — Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 119-112.
- · H1L210 — Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 458 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2483, H.R. 2931, H.R. 2966 and H.R. 2987. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 2483 under a structured rule and for consideration of H.R. 2931, H.R. 2966, and H.R. 2987 under a closed rule. The resolution provides for one hour of debate and one motion to recommit on each bill.
- · H38310 — Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- · H37100 — On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 217 - 190 (Roll no. 156). (text: CR H2510-2511)
- · 8000 — Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 217 - 190 (Roll no. 156).
- · H35000 — The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
- · H8D000 — DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 2966.
- · H8D000 — Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2483, H.R. 2931, H.R. 2966 and H.R. 2987. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 2483 under a structured rule and for consideration of H.R. 2931, H.R. 2966, and H.R. 2987 under a closed rule. The resolution provides for one hour of debate and one motion to recommit on each bill.
- · H30000 — Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 458. (consideration: CR H2510-2515)
- — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Text versions
- Introduced in House · 2025-04-17 — open
- Reported in House · 2025-05-21 — open
- Engrossed in House · 2025-06-06 — open
- Referred in Senate · 2025-06-09 — open
Connected on the graph
Inbound (1)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Cloud, Michael | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
Outbound (2)
| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-03 | referred_to_committee | Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee | — | congress-committee | |
| 2025-01-03 | referred_to_committee | House Small Business Committee | — | congress-committee |
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.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cloud, Michael (R, house TX-27) | cosponsor | 2 | — | 3 |
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.
| # | Org | LDA filings | LDA spend | Donor employees | Employee donations | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | retired | 0 | $0 | 41 | $1,727 | $1,727 |
| 2 | victoria college | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 3 | self | 0 | $0 | 4 | $129 | $129 |
| 4 | new life refuge ministries | 0 | $0 | 1 | $50 | $50 |
| 5 | cobb, lundquist atnip | 0 | $0 | 1 | $36 | $36 |
| 6 | hannah feuchtenberger | 0 | $0 | 1 | $28 | $28 |
| 7 | first community bank | 0 | $0 | 1 | $28 | $28 |
| 8 | formosa plastics | 0 | $0 | 1 | $28 | $28 |
| 9 | self. pssi | 0 | $0 | 1 | $25 | $25 |
| 10 | bear river energy | 0 | $0 | 1 | $20 | $20 |
| 11 | cci | 0 | $0 | 1 | $5 | $5 |
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%) · 266 predicted no (49%) · 272 unknown (50%)
By party: · R: 5 yes / 0 no / 272 unknown · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
8 high-confidence positions (voted + sponsor + cosponsor)
- Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila (D · house · FL-20) · voted
- Gonzales, Tony (R · house · TX-23) · voted
- Greene, Marjorie Taylor (R · house · GA-14) · voted
- Johnson, Mike (R · house · LA-4) · voted
- LaMalfa, Doug (R · house · CA-1) · voted
- Scott, David (D · house · GA-13) · voted
- Swalwell, Eric (D · house · CA-14) · voted
- Cloud, Michael (R · house · TX-27) · 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.
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Cloud, Michael (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-03 · was referred to Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee · congress-committee
- 2025-01-03 · was referred to House Small Business Committee · congress-committee