HR 6358 — Veteran Education Empowerment Act
Congress 119 · introduced 2025-12-02
Latest action: — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Sponsors
- Salinas, Andrea (D, OR-6) — cosponsor
- Whitesides, George (D, CA-27) — cosponsor
- Frost, Maxwell (D, FL-10) — cosponsor
- Kelly, Robin L. (D, IL-2) — cosponsor
- Gray, Adam (D, CA-13) — cosponsor
- Chu, Judy (D, CA-28) — cosponsor
- Castor, Kathy (D, FL-14) — cosponsor
- Bishop, Sanford D. (D, GA-2) — cosponsor
Lobbied by (1)
LDA filings that named this bill in their activity descriptions. The lobbying firm (registrant) is paid by the client to lobby on this and related issues.
| Filing | Period | Registrant (lobbying firm) | Client | Income | Matched |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Quarter - Report | 2026 first_quarter | STUDENT VETERANS OF AMERICA | STUDENT VETERANS OF AMERICA | — | H.R.6358 |
Action timeline
- · H11100 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
- · Intro-H — Introduced in House
- · 1000 — Introduced in House
Text versions
- Introduced in House · 2025-12-02 — open
Connected on the graph
Inbound (9)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Whitesides, George | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Salinas, Andrea | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Chu, Judy | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Frost, Maxwell | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Gray, Adam | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Kelly, Robin L. | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Castor, Kathy | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Bishop, Sanford D. | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-01 | STUDENT VETERANS OF AMERICA | lobbies_on_bill | — | H.R.6358 | lobbying_bill_mention |
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 | Bishop, Sanford D. (D, house GA-2) | cosponsor | 2 | — | 3 |
| 2 | Chu, Judy (D, house CA-28) | cosponsor | 2 | — | 3 |
| 3 | Castor, Kathy (D, house FL-14) | cosponsor | 1 | — | 2 |
| 4 | Gray, Adam (D, house CA-13) | cosponsor | 1 | — | 2 |
| 5 | Kelly, Robin L. (D, house IL-2) | cosponsor | 1 | — | 2 |
| 6 | Salinas, Andrea (D, house OR-6) | cosponsor | 1 | — | 2 |
| 7 | Whitesides, George (D, house CA-27) | cosponsor | 1 | — | 2 |
| 8 | Frost, Maxwell (D, house FL-10) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
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 | not employed | 0 | $0 | 470 | $51,105 | $51,105 |
| 2 | self employed | 0 | $0 | 44 | $8,726 | $8,726 |
| 3 | berkshire partners | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 4 | university of california berkeley | 0 | $0 | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 |
| 5 | bnp paribas | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 6 | montage international | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 7 | na | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 8 | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 | |
| 9 | dragonfly | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 10 | lihui lo | 0 | $0 | 2 | $3,000 | $3,000 |
| 11 | self | 0 | $0 | 4 | $2,825 | $2,825 |
| 12 | tabula rasa farms | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,500 | $2,500 |
| 13 | hargrove crop insurance | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,500 | $2,500 |
| 14 | grassroots analytics | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,500 | $2,500 |
| 15 | kathy fowler agency | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,500 | $2,500 |
| 16 | mount sinai health system | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,500 | $2,500 |
| 17 | n/a | 0 | $0 | 7 | $2,375 | $2,375 |
| 18 | strategic farm marketing | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| 19 | iw group inc. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,750 | $1,750 |
| 20 | yitong investment inc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,750 | $1,750 |
| 21 | rossi roma | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,750 | $1,750 |
| 22 | spacelink usa inc. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,750 | $1,750 |
| 23 | tpg partners | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,500 | $1,500 |
| 24 | the pines resort bass lake.com | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,500 | $1,500 |
| 25 | chen's chinese medicine | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,250 | $1,250 |
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.
8 predicted yes (1%) · 280 predicted no (52%) · 255 unknown (47%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 8 yes / 0 no / 255 unknown · I: 0 yes / 3 no
8 high-confidence positions (voted + sponsor + cosponsor)
- Bishop, Sanford D. (D · house · GA-2) · cosponsor
- Castor, Kathy (D · house · FL-14) · cosponsor
- Chu, Judy (D · house · CA-28) · cosponsor
- Frost, Maxwell (D · house · FL-10) · cosponsor
- Gray, Adam (D · house · CA-13) · cosponsor
- Kelly, Robin L. (D · house · IL-2) · cosponsor
- Salinas, Andrea (D · house · OR-6) · cosponsor
- Whitesides, George (D · house · CA-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 Kelly, Robin L. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Gray, Adam (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Chu, Judy (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Bishop, Sanford D. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Whitesides, George (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Castor, Kathy (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Salinas, Andrea (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Frost, Maxwell (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by STUDENT VETERANS OF AMERICA (h.r.6358) · lobbying_bill_mention