HR 8991 — To amend section 2101 of title 28, United States Code, to set forth factors for stays pending appeal.
Congress 119
Latest action: — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Sponsors
- Raskin, Jamie (D, MD-8) — sponsor · 2026-05-21
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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 | Raskin, Jamie (D, house MD-8) | sponsor | 10 | — | 10 |
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 | 3,232 | $1,594,091 | $1,594,091 |
| 2 | self-employed | 0 | $0 | 500 | $272,552 | $272,552 |
| 3 | american university | 0 | $0 | 10 | $15,300 | $15,300 |
| 4 | williams & connolly llp | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 5 | the baupost group | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 6 | weinman company | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 7 | douglas & london p.c. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 8 | alsop louie partners | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 9 | j.c. west p.c. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $6,650 | $6,650 |
| 10 | johns hopkins university | 0 | $0 | 4 | $6,295 | $6,295 |
| 11 | unlv | 0 | $0 | 1 | $6,000 | $6,000 |
| 12 | harvard university | 0 | $0 | 3 | $5,999 | $5,999 |
| 13 | kirkland & ellis | 0 | $0 | 4 | $5,672 | $5,672 |
| 14 | paul weiss | 0 | $0 | 2 | $5,100 | $5,100 |
| 15 | fresenius kabi | 0 | $0 | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 |
| 16 | rom-rymer and associates | 0 | $0 | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 |
| 17 | bell legal group | 0 | $0 | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 |
| 18 | hds capital management inc. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $4,900 | $4,900 |
| 19 | nvg llc | 0 | $0 | 4 | $4,000 | $4,000 |
| 20 | the peltz law firnm p.a. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $4,000 | $4,000 |
| 21 | albright stonebridge group | 0 | $0 | 1 | $4,000 | $4,000 |
| 22 | stanford | 0 | $0 | 2 | $3,900 | $3,900 |
| 23 | u.s. government | 0 | $0 | 10 | $3,825 | $3,825 |
| 24 | harvard law school | 0 | $0 | 2 | $3,750 | $3,750 |
| 25 | atlas technical consultants | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
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.
1 predicted yes (0%) · 280 predicted no (52%) · 262 unknown (48%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 1 yes / 0 no / 262 unknown · I: 0 yes / 3 no
1 high-confidence positions (voted + sponsor + cosponsor)
- Raskin, Jamie (D · house · MD-8) · sponsor