HJM 13 — Urges the President and Congress to deploy National Guard troops overseas only if the deployment is expressly authorized by the United States Constitution.
Congress · introduced 2025-02-25
Digest: The measure notes that the framers of the U.S. Constitution planned for state Nat. Guard troops to be used only for three reasons, but that in recent times, Nat. Guard troops have often been in fights in overseas wars and danger zones. The measure asks fed. officials to send Nat. Guard troops overseas only if the U.S. Constitution says it is okay. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.7). Urges the President and Congress to deploy National Guard troops overseas only if the deployment is expressly authorized by the United States Constitution.
Latest action: — In House Committee
Sponsors
- Skarlatos, Alek (R, OR-4) — sponsor
- Dobson, April (D, OR-39) — cosponsor
- Watanabe, Mari (D, OR-34) — cosponsor
- Reschke, E. Werner (R, OR-55) — cosponsor
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Inbound (4)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-25 | Dobson, April | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-25 | Reschke, E. Werner | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-25 | Skarlatos, Alek | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-25 | Watanabe, Mari | 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 | Skarlatos, Alek (R, state_lower OR-4) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Dobson, April (D, state_lower OR-39) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Reschke, E. Werner (R, state_lower OR-55) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Watanabe, Mari (D, state_lower OR-34) | 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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- 2025-02-25 · cosponsored by Watanabe, Mari (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-25 · cosponsored by Dobson, April (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-25 · cosponsored by Reschke, E. Werner (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-25 · sponsored by Skarlatos, Alek (sponsor) · sponsorship