HRES 817 — Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the African Americans who duly won election to the House during the post-Civil War Reconstruction Era but were wrongly denied the right to take their seats should be recognized as former Members of the House.
Congress 118
Latest action: — Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Sponsors
- Scott, David (D, GA-13) — cosponsor
- Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila (D, FL-20) — cosponsor
- Neguse, Joe (D, CO-2) — cosponsor
- Davis, Donald G. (D, NC-1) — cosponsor
- Frost, Maxwell (D, FL-10) — cosponsor
- Payne, Donald M. (D, NJ-10) — cosponsor
- Bishop, Sanford D. (D, GA-2) — cosponsor
- Cleaver, Emanuel (D, MO-5) — cosponsor
Action timeline
- · H11100 — Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
- · Intro-H — Introduced in House
- · 1000 — Introduced in House
Text versions
- Introduced in House · 2023-10-26 — open
Connected on the graph
Inbound (8)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Neguse, Joe | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Scott, David | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Davis, Donald G. | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Frost, Maxwell | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Cleaver, Emanuel | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Payne, Donald M. | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Bishop, Sanford D. | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
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 | Davis, Donald G. (D, house NC-1) | cosponsor | 3 | — | 4 |
| 2 | Bishop, Sanford D. (D, house GA-2) | cosponsor | 2 | — | 3 |
| 3 | Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila (D, house FL-20) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Cleaver, Emanuel (D, house MO-5) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Frost, Maxwell (D, house FL-10) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Neguse, Joe (D, house CO-2) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Payne, Donald M. (D, house NJ-10) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Scott, David (D, house GA-13) | 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 | 373 | $29,713 | $29,713 |
| 2 | none | 0 | $0 | 16 | $14,555 | $14,555 |
| 3 | cordish companies | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 4 | self | 0 | $0 | 8 | $6,515 | $6,515 |
| 5 | method security | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 6 | dragonfly | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 7 | thegroup | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 8 | singleton shreiber llp | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 9 | self employed | 0 | $0 | 34 | $3,399 | $3,399 |
| 10 | unitleader | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,300 | $3,300 |
| 11 | casa | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,000 | $3,000 |
| 12 | thorsen french advocacy | 0 | $0 | 2 | $3,000 | $3,000 |
| 13 | hargrove crop insurance | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,500 | $2,500 |
| 14 | united states hispanic business counci | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,500 | $2,500 |
| 15 | grassroots analytics | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,500 | $2,500 |
| 16 | kathy fowler agency | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,500 | $2,500 |
| 17 | retired | 0 | $0 | 16 | $2,038 | $2,038 |
| 18 | healthcare | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| 19 | strategic farm marketing | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| 20 | tension corp. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,500 | $1,500 |
| 21 | mt washington pediatric hospit | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 22 | cerity partners | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 23 | donoho insurance group | 0 | $0 | 2 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 24 | merchant associates | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 25 | gulf coast bag, inc. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
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.
7 predicted yes (1%) · 280 predicted no (52%) · 256 unknown (47%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 7 yes / 0 no / 256 unknown · I: 0 yes / 3 no
7 high-confidence positions (voted + sponsor + cosponsor)
- Bishop, Sanford D. (D · house · GA-2) · cosponsor
- Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila (D · house · FL-20) · cosponsor
- Cleaver, Emanuel (D · house · MO-5) · cosponsor
- Davis, Donald G. (D · house · NC-1) · cosponsor
- Frost, Maxwell (D · house · FL-10) · cosponsor
- Neguse, Joe (D · house · CO-2) · cosponsor
- Scott, David (D · house · GA-13) · 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 Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Scott, David (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Cleaver, Emanuel (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Payne, Donald M. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Davis, Donald G. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Neguse, Joe (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Bishop, Sanford D. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Frost, Maxwell (cosponsor) · sponsorship