HR 6049 — No Payola Act
Congress 119 · introduced 2025-11-17
Latest action: — Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Sponsors (7)
- Salinas, Andrea (D, OR-6) — cosponsor
- Neguse, Joe (D, CO-2) — cosponsor
- Frost, Maxwell (D, FL-10) — cosponsor
- Kelly, Robin L. (D, IL-2) — cosponsor
- Randall, Emily (D, WA-6) — cosponsor
- Fletcher, Lizzie (D, TX-7) — cosponsor
- Thanedar, Shri (D, MI-13) — cosponsor
Action timeline (3)
- · H11100 — Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
- · Intro-H — Introduced in House
- · 1000 — Introduced in House
Text versions (1)
- Introduced in House · 2025-11-17 — open
Bill text (extracted)
Amendments
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Connected on the graph
7 typed relationships in the influence graph — 7 inbound, 0 outbound, grouped by type.
cosponsor of bill (7)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | ← | Neguse, Joe | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | ← | Salinas, Andrea | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | ← | Frost, Maxwell | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | ← | Kelly, Robin L. | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | ← | Randall, Emily | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | ← | Fletcher, Lizzie | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | ← | Thanedar, Shri | — | 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 | Randall, Emily (D, house WA-6) | cosponsor | 4 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Fletcher, Lizzie (D, house TX-7) | cosponsor | 2 | — | 3 |
| 3 | Kelly, Robin L. (D, house IL-2) | cosponsor | 2 | — | 3 |
| 4 | Frost, Maxwell (D, house FL-10) | cosponsor | 1 | — | 2 |
| 5 | Neguse, Joe (D, house CO-2) | cosponsor | 1 | — | 2 |
| 6 | Salinas, Andrea (D, house OR-6) | cosponsor | 1 | — | 2 |
| 7 | Thanedar, Shri (D, house MI-13) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
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 | 2,376 | $1,507,276 | $1,507,276 |
| 2 | self employed | 0 | $0 | 233 | $185,115 | $185,115 |
| 3 | self | 0 | $0 | 80 | $121,389 | $121,389 |
| 4 | retired | 0 | $0 | 108 | $112,547 | $112,547 |
| 5 | brownstein hyatt farber schreck | 0 | $0 | 14 | $23,575 | $23,575 |
| 6 | holland & hart llp | 0 | $0 | 11 | $18,250 | $18,250 |
| 7 | self-employed | 0 | $0 | 12 | $16,700 | $16,700 |
| 8 | invariant | 0 | $0 | 12 | $16,000 | $16,000 |
| 9 | aza | 0 | $0 | 3 | $15,000 | $15,000 |
| 10 | sterling group | 0 | $0 | 5 | $15,000 | $15,000 |
| 11 | kalshi | 0 | $0 | 2 | $14,000 | $14,000 |
| 12 | foundry group | 0 | $0 | 2 | $12,500 | $12,500 |
| 13 | arnold ventures | 0 | $0 | 1 | $12,000 | $12,000 |
| 14 | university of colorado | 0 | $0 | 5 | $11,915 | $11,915 |
| 15 | microsoft | 0 | $0 | 2 | $9,100 | $9,100 |
| 16 | zumiez | 0 | $0 | 2 | $9,000 | $9,000 |
| 17 | n/a | 0 | $0 | 6 | $8,750 | $8,750 |
| 18 | davita | 0 | $0 | 5 | $8,250 | $8,250 |
| 19 | metro west ambulance | 0 | $0 | 3 | $8,000 | $8,000 |
| 20 | eastpointe radiology | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,804 | $7,804 |
| 21 | uc health | 0 | $0 | 3 | $7,550 | $7,550 |
| 22 | forbes tate partners | 0 | $0 | 7 | $7,500 | $7,500 |
| 23 | losey pllc | 0 | $0 | 2 | $7,270 | $7,270 |
| 24 | ireland stapleton | 0 | $0 | 2 | $7,250 | $7,250 |
| 25 | us house of representatives | 0 | $0 | 2 | $7,250 | $7,250 |
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.
7 predicted yes (1%) · 280 predicted no (52%) · 256 unknown (47%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 7 yes / 0 no / 256 unknown · I: 0 yes / 3 no
7 high-confidence positions (voted + sponsor + cosponsor)
- Fletcher, Lizzie (D · house · TX-7) · cosponsor
- Frost, Maxwell (D · house · FL-10) · cosponsor
- Kelly, Robin L. (D · house · IL-2) · cosponsor
- Neguse, Joe (D · house · CO-2) · cosponsor
- Randall, Emily (D · house · WA-6) · cosponsor
- Salinas, Andrea (D · house · OR-6) · cosponsor
- Thanedar, Shri (D · house · MI-13) · 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.
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Fletcher, Lizzie (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Neguse, Joe (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Salinas, Andrea (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Frost, Maxwell (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Thanedar, Shri (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Kelly, Robin L. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Randall, Emily (cosponsor) · sponsorship