S 2588 — Sustaining Our Democracy Act
Congress 119 · introduced 2025-07-31
Latest action: — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Sponsors (4)
- Kim, Andy (D, NJ-S) — cosponsor
- Booker, Cory A. (D, NJ-S) — cosponsor
- Warren, Elizabeth (D, MA-S) — cosponsor
- Wyden, Ron (D, OR-S) — cosponsor
Action timeline (2)
- — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
- · 10000 — Introduced in Senate
Text versions (1)
- Introduced in Senate · 2025-07-31 — open
Bill text (extracted)
Amendments
Congressional Research Service briefs (2)
CRS reports that cite this bill in their relatedMaterials — what Congress was reading on the topic. Click any report for its summary, formats, and bill-citation walk.
- Election Security: Federal Funding for Securing Election Systems
IF11286· Resources · 2026-04-20Foreign efforts to interfere in the 2016 elections highlighted the potential for threats to the technologies, facilities, and processes used to administer elections. The federal government has responded to such threats, - Election Administration: Federal Grant Programs for States and Localities
R46646· Reports · 2026-04-20States and localities have primary responsibility for administering elections in the United States, but Congress has tools it can use to support or shape their efforts if it chooses to do so. One of those tools is fundin
Connected on the graph
6 typed relationships in the influence graph — 4 inbound, 2 outbound, grouped by type.
cosponsor of bill (4)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | ← | Kim, Andy | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | ← | Booker, Cory A. | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | ← | Wyden, Ron | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | ← | Warren, Elizabeth | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters on this bill
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 | Warren, Elizabeth (D, senate MA) | cosponsor | 6 | — | 6 |
| 2 | Wyden, Ron (D, senate OR) | cosponsor | 5 | — | 6 |
| 3 | Booker, Cory A. (D, senate NJ) | cosponsor | 4 | — | 5 |
| 4 | Kim, Andy (D, senate NJ) | cosponsor | 3 | — | 4 |
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 | 8,997 | $3,030,322 | $3,030,322 |
| 2 | none | 0 | $0 | 2,338 | $703,335 | $703,335 |
| 3 | self-employed | 0 | $0 | 1,030 | $510,406 | $510,406 |
| 4 | self employed | 0 | $0 | 392 | $162,460 | $162,460 |
| 5 | retired | 0 | $0 | 165 | $59,058 | $59,058 |
| 6 | self | 0 | $0 | 17 | $14,323 | $14,323 |
| 7 | 3 plus logistics | 0 | $0 | 2 | $14,000 | $14,000 |
| 8 | winkler development corporation | 0 | $0 | 2 | $14,000 | $14,000 |
| 9 | astera cancer care | 0 | $0 | 12 | $13,500 | $13,500 |
| 10 | turbo air inc | 0 | $0 | 4 | $13,500 | $13,500 |
| 11 | kbtv | 0 | $0 | 2 | $13,200 | $13,200 |
| 12 | bain capital | 0 | $0 | 2 | $12,800 | $12,800 |
| 13 | bgr group | 0 | $0 | 10 | $11,500 | $11,500 |
| 14 | deloitte | 0 | $0 | 2 | $11,000 | $11,000 |
| 15 | citrin cooperman | 0 | $0 | 2 | $10,750 | $10,750 |
| 16 | apollo | 0 | $0 | 4 | $10,700 | $10,700 |
| 17 | rebecca westerfield | 0 | $0 | 1 | $10,500 | $10,500 |
| 18 | the orchard | 0 | $0 | 1 | $10,500 | $10,500 |
| 19 | evercore isi | 0 | $0 | 1 | $10,500 | $10,500 |
| 20 | mbk partners | 0 | $0 | 1 | $10,500 | $10,500 |
| 21 | van scoyoc associates | 0 | $0 | 8 | $10,500 | $10,500 |
| 22 | lasalle asset mgmt. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $10,500 | $10,500 |
| 23 | y combinator | 0 | $0 | 1 | $10,500 | $10,500 |
| 24 | legend biotech | 0 | $0 | 2 | $10,000 | $10,000 |
| 25 | wells fargo | 0 | $0 | 8 | $9,153 | $9,153 |
Stance (positions taken)
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.
4 predicted yes (1%) · 280 predicted no (52%) · 259 unknown (47%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 4 yes / 0 no / 259 unknown · I: 0 yes / 3 no
4 high-confidence positions (voted + sponsor + cosponsor)
- Booker, Cory A. (D · senate · NJ) · cosponsor
- Kim, Andy (D · senate · NJ) · cosponsor
- Warren, Elizabeth (D · senate · MA) · cosponsor
- Wyden, Ron (D · senate · OR) · cosponsor
Timeline
Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; the inline strip under the row shows the counterpart's own context (a bill's latest action, a hearing's chamber + date, a filing's form type + filed date, a clip's source + excerpt) so the timeline reads like a Wikipedia citation rail.
- 2026-05-23 · Cited in GAO report R46646 · crs-report-relatedMaterials
- 2026-05-23 · Cited in GAO report IF11286 · crs-report-relatedMaterials
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Warren, Elizabeth (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Kim, Andy (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Booker, Cory A. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Wyden, Ron (cosponsor) · sponsorship