S 9285 — Relates to establishing a nonprofit news media jobs grant program
Congress · introduced 2026-02-25
Establishes a nonprofit news media jobs grant program within the newspaper and broadcast media jobs program to provide grants to support certain nonprofit media organizations which increase employees.
Latest action: 2026-02-25 — IN_SENATE_COMM
Sponsors
- Jamaal Bailey (—, NY-36) — sponsor · 2026-02-25
- Michelle Hinchey (—, NY-41) — cosponsor · 2026-02-25
- Rachel May (—, NY-48) — cosponsor · 2026-02-25
- Christopher Ryan (—, NY-50) — cosponsor · 2026-02-25
Action timeline
- · senate — REFERRED TO COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS
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Inbound (4)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-25 | Michelle Hinchey | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-02-25 | Rachel May | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-02-25 | Christopher Ryan | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-02-25 | Jamaal Bailey | 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 | Jamaal Bailey (—, state_upper NY-36) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Christopher Ryan (—, state_upper NY-50) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Michelle Hinchey (—, state_upper NY-41) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Rachel May (—, state_upper NY-48) | 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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- 2026-02-25 · sponsored by Jamaal Bailey (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-02-25 · cosponsored by Rachel May (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-02-25 · cosponsored by Christopher Ryan (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-02-25 · cosponsored by Michelle Hinchey (cosponsor) · sponsorship