S 8700 — Relates to the administration of grants under the volunteer fire infrastructure and response equipment (V-FIRE) grant program
Congress · introduced 2026-01-07
Requires grants under the volunteer fire infrastructure and response equipment (V-FIRE) grant program to be awarded equally among the regions of the state with eligible departments.
Latest action: 2026-02-03 — IN_SENATE_COMM
Sponsors
- Steve Rhoads (—, NY-5) — sponsor · 2026-01-07
- Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick (—, NY-9) — cosponsor · 2026-01-07
Action timeline
- · senate — REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS
- · senate — AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS
- · senate — PRINT NUMBER 8700A
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Inbound (2)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-07 | Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-07 | Steve Rhoads | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | 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 | Steve Rhoads (—, state_upper NY-5) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick (—, state_upper NY-9) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
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.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
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- 2026-01-07 · cosponsored by Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-07 · sponsored by Steve Rhoads (sponsor) · sponsorship