HRES 297 — Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that paraprofessionals and education support staff should have fair compensation, benefits, and working conditions.
Congress 119 · introduced 2025-04-07
Latest action: — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Sponsors (10)
- Hayes, Jahana (D, CT-5) — sponsor · 2025-04-07
- Salinas, Andrea (D, OR-6) — cosponsor
- Jayapal, Pramila (D, WA-7) — cosponsor
- Frost, Maxwell (D, FL-10) — cosponsor
- Chu, Judy (D, CA-28) — cosponsor
- Thanedar, Shri (D, MI-13) — cosponsor
- Bishop, Sanford D. (D, GA-2) — cosponsor
- Elfreth, Sarah (D, MD-3) — cosponsor
- Garamendi, John (D, CA-8) — cosponsor
- Cleaver, Emanuel (D, MO-5) — cosponsor
Action timeline (3)
- · H11100 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
- · H11100 — Submitted in House
- · 1025 — Submitted in House
Text versions (1)
- Introduced in House · 2025-04-07 — open
Bill text (extracted)
Amendments
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Connected on the graph
10 typed relationships in the influence graph — 10 inbound, 0 outbound, grouped by type.
cosponsor of bill (9)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | ← | Elfreth, Sarah | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | ← | Salinas, Andrea | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | ← | Garamendi, John | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | ← | Chu, Judy | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | ← | Jayapal, Pramila | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | ← | Frost, Maxwell | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | ← | Thanedar, Shri | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | ← | Cleaver, Emanuel | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | ← | Bishop, Sanford D. | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
sponsor of bill (1)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-04-07 | ← | Hayes, Jahana | — | 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 | Hayes, Jahana (D, house CT-5) | sponsor | 2 | — | 7 |
| 2 | Elfreth, Sarah (D, house MD-3) | cosponsor | 6 | — | 6 |
| 3 | Jayapal, Pramila (D, house WA-7) | cosponsor | 4 | — | 5 |
| 4 | Bishop, Sanford D. (D, house GA-2) | cosponsor | 3 | — | 4 |
| 5 | Chu, Judy (D, house CA-28) | cosponsor | 3 | — | 4 |
| 6 | Cleaver, Emanuel (D, house MO-5) | cosponsor | 2 | — | 3 |
| 7 | Garamendi, John (D, house CA-8) | cosponsor | 2 | — | 3 |
| 8 | Frost, Maxwell (D, house FL-10) | cosponsor | 1 | — | 2 |
| 9 | Salinas, Andrea (D, house OR-6) | cosponsor | 1 | — | 2 |
| 10 | 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 | 2,723 | $1,702,451 | $1,702,451 |
| 2 | self employed | 0 | $0 | 343 | $297,117 | $297,117 |
| 3 | self | 0 | $0 | 89 | $87,450 | $87,450 |
| 4 | n/a | 0 | $0 | 58 | $56,755 | $56,755 |
| 5 | retired | 0 | $0 | 98 | $44,704 | $44,704 |
| 6 | none | 0 | $0 | 23 | $28,868 | $28,868 |
| 7 | self-employed | 0 | $0 | 16 | $27,450 | $27,450 |
| 8 | aflac, inc. | 0 | $0 | 12 | $17,300 | $17,300 |
| 9 | sterling group | 0 | $0 | 5 | $15,000 | $15,000 |
| 10 | the commerce company | 0 | $0 | 2 | $14,000 | $14,000 |
| 11 | aflac inc. | 0 | $0 | 6 | $13,000 | $13,000 |
| 12 | the harnisch foundation | 0 | $0 | 1 | $10,500 | $10,500 |
| 13 | the baupost group | 0 | $0 | 1 | $10,500 | $10,500 |
| 14 | paloma partners advisors lp | 0 | $0 | 1 | $10,400 | $10,400 |
| 15 | manhattan hotel group | 0 | $0 | 2 | $10,000 | $10,000 |
| 16 | thegroup | 0 | $0 | 4 | $9,500 | $9,500 |
| 17 | invariant | 0 | $0 | 10 | $8,750 | $8,750 |
| 18 | broydrick and associates | 0 | $0 | 1 | $8,250 | $8,250 |
| 19 | puma springs vineyards | 0 | $0 | 1 | $8,000 | $8,000 |
| 20 | metro west ambulance | 0 | $0 | 3 | $8,000 | $8,000 |
| 21 | eastpointe radiology | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,804 | $7,804 |
| 22 | actum llc | 0 | $0 | 3 | $7,702 | $7,702 |
| 23 | losey pllc | 0 | $0 | 2 | $7,270 | $7,270 |
| 24 | alan j preston llc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 25 | david skinner | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
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.
10 predicted yes (2%) · 280 predicted no (52%) · 253 unknown (46%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 10 yes / 0 no / 253 unknown · I: 0 yes / 3 no
10 high-confidence positions (voted + sponsor + cosponsor)
- Hayes, Jahana (D · house · CT-5) · sponsor
- Bishop, Sanford D. (D · house · GA-2) · cosponsor
- Chu, Judy (D · house · CA-28) · cosponsor
- Cleaver, Emanuel (D · house · MO-5) · cosponsor
- Elfreth, Sarah (D · house · MD-3) · cosponsor
- Frost, Maxwell (D · house · FL-10) · cosponsor
- Garamendi, John (D · house · CA-8) · cosponsor
- Jayapal, Pramila (D · house · WA-7) · 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 Salinas, Andrea (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Chu, Judy (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Cleaver, Emanuel (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Elfreth, Sarah (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Jayapal, Pramila (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Thanedar, Shri (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Bishop, Sanford D. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Frost, Maxwell (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Garamendi, John (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-04-07 · sponsored by Hayes, Jahana (sponsor) · sponsorship