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HRES 1259 — Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should prioritize securing the release of Pastor Jin Mingri, Pastor Gao Quanfu and his wife Pang Yu, Dr. Gulshan Abbas, and Jimmy Lai detained by the People's Republic of China during future engagements with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Congress 119

Latest action: — Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

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Action timeline

  1. · H11100 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
  2. · 1025 — Submitted in House
  3. · H37220 — At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
  4. · H8D000 — DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Res. 1259.
  5. · H30000 — Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3372-3375; text: CR H3372)
  6. · H30300 — Mr. Smith (NJ) moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution.
  7. · H38310 — Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  8. · H37300 — On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 414 - 0 (Roll no. 167).
  9. · 8000 — Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 414 - 0 (Roll no. 167).
  10. · H30000 — Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H3437-3438)

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—Moolenaar, John R.cosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship

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.

#MemberRoleSpeechesVotedScore
1Moolenaar, John R. (R, house MI-2)cosponsor0—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.

#OrgLDA filingsLDA spendDonor employeesEmployee donationsTotal
1s-3 group0$01$3,700$3,700
2none0$09$2,355$2,355
3hines corporation0$01$1,000$1,000
4self-employed0$02$550$550
5mid-michigan agency, inc.0$01$300$300
6self0$01$250$250
7retired0$01$50$50

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.

414 predicted yes (76%) · 53 predicted no (10%) · 76 unknown (14%)

By party: · R: 208 yes / 0 no / 69 unknown · D: 206 yes / 51 no / 6 unknown · I: 0 yes / 2 no / 1 unknown

50 high-confidence positions (voted + sponsor + cosponsor) — showing top 50

Activity

Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; click the date to jump to its provenance.

  1. 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Moolenaar, John R. (cosponsor) · sponsorship

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