SRES 409 — A resolution recognizing the 74th anniversary of the signing of the Mutual Defense Treaty between the United States and the Philippines and the strong bilateral security alliance between our two nations in the wake of escalating aggression and political lawfare by the People's Republic of China in the South China Sea.
Congress 119 · introduced 2025-09-18
Latest action: — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 248.
Sponsors (3)
- Ricketts, Pete (R, NE-S) — sponsor · 2025-09-18
- McCormick, David (R, PA-S) — cosponsor
- Van Hollen, Chris (D, MD-S) — cosponsor
Action timeline (6)
- — Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S6739)
- · 10000 — Introduced in Senate
- — Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 248.
- — Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Risch without amendment and with a preamble. Without written report.
- · 14000 — Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Risch without amendment and with a preamble. Without written report.
Bill text (extracted)
Amendments
Congressional Research Service briefs (1)
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.
- The Philippines: Background and U.S. Relations
R47055· Reports · 2026-03-26The United States and the Republic of the Philippines have a deep relationship that includes a bilateral security alliance, extensive military cooperation, close people-to-people ties, and many shared strategic and econo
Connected on the graph
4 typed relationships in the influence graph — 3 inbound, 1 outbound, grouped by type.
cosponsor of bill (2)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | ← | McCormick, David | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | ← | Van Hollen, Chris | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
cited in report (1)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | → | R47055 | — | crs-report-relatedMaterials |
sponsor of bill (1)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-18 | ← | Ricketts, Pete | — | sponsor | 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 | Ricketts, Pete (R, senate NE) | sponsor | 9 | — | 10 |
| 2 | Van Hollen, Chris (D, senate MD) | cosponsor | 5 | — | 6 |
| 3 | McCormick, David (R, senate PA) | cosponsor | 1 | — | 2 |
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 | retired | 0 | $0 | 3,120 | $963,074 | $963,074 |
| 2 | not employed | 0 | $0 | 207 | $266,737 | $266,737 |
| 3 | self employed | 0 | $0 | 313 | $249,962 | $249,962 |
| 4 | pearson & associates | 0 | $0 | 106 | $225,754 | $225,754 |
| 5 | s-3 group | 0 | $0 | 38 | $73,350 | $73,350 |
| 6 | holtzman vogel, pllc | 0 | $0 | 18 | $62,100 | $62,100 |
| 7 | u.s. travel association | 0 | $0 | 6 | $46,290 | $46,290 |
| 8 | self | 0 | $0 | 39 | $37,100 | $37,100 |
| 9 | bp | 0 | $0 | 12 | $31,200 | $31,200 |
| 10 | constellation | 0 | $0 | 32 | $30,875 | $30,875 |
| 11 | homemaker | 0 | $0 | 27 | $30,574 | $30,574 |
| 12 | blackrock | 0 | $0 | 11 | $25,000 | $25,000 |
| 13 | pond lehocky | 0 | $0 | 1 | $23,500 | $23,500 |
| 14 | upmc | 0 | $0 | 15 | $22,816 | $22,816 |
| 15 | apollo | 0 | $0 | 4 | $22,000 | $22,000 |
| 16 | elliott investment management | 0 | $0 | 1 | $17,500 | $17,500 |
| 17 | bunge north america pac | 0 | $0 | 7 | $15,800 | $15,800 |
| 18 | bny | 0 | $0 | 5 | $15,200 | $15,200 |
| 19 | cdl nuclear technologies | 0 | $0 | 3 | $15,000 | $15,000 |
| 20 | constellation energy | 0 | $0 | 18 | $14,520 | $14,520 |
| 21 | edw. c levy co | 0 | $0 | 1 | $14,040 | $14,040 |
| 22 | exelon | 0 | $0 | 16 | $14,000 | $14,000 |
| 23 | the windquest group | 0 | $0 | 2 | $14,000 | $14,000 |
| 24 | state of tennessee | 0 | $0 | 1 | $14,000 | $14,000 |
| 25 | excalibur insurance | 0 | $0 | 1 | $13,500 | $13,500 |
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.
3 predicted yes (1%) · 3 predicted no (1%) · 537 unknown (98%)
By party: · R: 2 yes / 0 no / 275 unknown · D: 1 yes / 0 no / 262 unknown · I: 0 yes / 3 no
3 high-confidence positions (voted + sponsor + cosponsor)
- Ricketts, Pete (R · senate · NE) · sponsor
- McCormick, David (R · senate · PA) · cosponsor
- Van Hollen, Chris (D · senate · MD) · 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 R47055 · crs-report-relatedMaterials
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Van Hollen, Chris (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by McCormick, David (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-09-18 · sponsored by Ricketts, Pete (sponsor) · sponsorship