119 HR 542

No Foreign Gifts Act of 2025

Congress119
ChamberHouse
TypeHR
Number542
Introduced2025-01-16
Cosponsors4

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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

2025-01-16

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Whip Count (Pressure Desk)

Nine War Powers resolutions and two CFPB disapprovals are unified by the same structural problem: zero Republican cosponsor support and majority-controlled procedural gates that will not open absent an unforeseen GOP defection.

Let me give you the vote math as it actually sits. The War Powers cluster has nine House concurrent resolutions and one that cleared a procedural hurdle — 119hconres75 — via a unanimous consent agreement. That UC agreement sounds significant until you read it: the resolution can be called up 'by the chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs or his designee.' That chair is Rep. Mast, a Republican and a reliable ally of the White House on Iran posture. He has every incentive to let this sit. The UC agreement did not set a date; it created an option that the majority can decline to exercise indefinitely. That is not a path to the floor; it is a parking spot with a Republican-controlled meter. The cosponsor data confirms the ceiling. 119hconres93 has 11 cosponsors, 119hconres75 has 10, 119hconres86 has 4, 119hjres153 on Cuba has 11 — these are entirely Democratic rosters. There is not a single named Republican cosponsor on any Iran War Powers resolution in this dataset. A concurrent resolution requires majority votes in both chambers; in the House that means 218. Democrats hold roughly 213 seats. You need Republican defections, and right now the whip count shows zero committed crossover votes. The resolutions are messaging infrastructure, not legislative vehicles. The CFPB disapproval resolutions (119hjres160, 119hjres161) follow the same structural pattern: no cosponsors, referred to committee, no Republican sponsorship. The CRA disapproval mechanism can theoretically be expedited under Senate rules with 30 hours of debate and a simple majority, but only if the Senate Majority Leader schedules it — which he will not do for resolutions introduced by the minority. The calendar pressure is asymmetric: Democrats are building a record, not a vote count. The honest probability on any of these passing is in the low single digits unless the geopolitical situation produces a Republican fracture that no current whip count data supports.

2026-05-13

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Secretary Rubio’s Call with Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Wong

Office of the Spokesperson Secretary Rubio’s Call with Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Wong Readout May 11, 2026 The below is attributable to Spokesperson Tommy Pigott: Secretary Rubio held a call today with Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong. The two lead

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Secretary Rubio’s Call with UK Foreign Secretary Cooper

Office of the Spokesperson Secretary Rubio’s Call with UK Foreign Secretary Cooper Readout May 11, 2026 The below is attributable to Spokesperson Tommy Pigott: Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper today to discuss Iran and ongoing efforts t

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Secretary Rubio’s Meeting with Ethiopian Foreign Minister Gedion

Office of the Spokesperson Secretary Rubio’s Meeting with Ethiopian Foreign Minister Gedion Readout May 11, 2026 The below is attributable to Spokesperson Tommy Pigott: Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Ethiopian Foreign Minister Gedion Timotheos on the margins of the U.S.-

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@misc{apprised_119_hr_542_no_foreign_gifts_act_of_2025,
  title = {119 HR 542: No Foreign Gifts Act of 2025},
  publisher = {Apprised.news},
  url = {https://apprised.news/bill/119hr542},
  note = {Accessed 2026-05-13}
}