S 4449 — River Democracy Act
Congress 118
Latest action: — Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 118-394.
Sponsors
- Wyden, Ron (D, OR-S) — sponsor · 2024-06-04
- Merkley, Jeff (D, OR-S) — cosponsor · 2024-06-04
Action timeline
- — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- · 10000 — Introduced in Senate
- — Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 118-394.
Text versions
- Introduced in Senate · 2024-06-04 — open
Connected on the graph
Inbound (2)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-06-04 | Merkley, Jeff | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-06-04 | Wyden, Ron | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
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 | Wyden, Ron (D, senate OR) | sponsor | 3 | — | 8 |
| 2 | Merkley, Jeff (D, senate OR) | 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 | 734 | $85,503 | $85,503 |
| 2 | corson & johnson | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 3 | self-employed | 0 | $0 | 59 | $6,908 | $6,908 |
| 4 | lewis & clark | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 5 | d'amore law group | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 6 | liberty building company | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 7 | the duberstein group | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 8 | womble bond dickinson | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 9 | summit strategies | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 10 | kl gates llp | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 11 | qualcomm inc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 12 | the hackett group | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 13 | kountoupes denham carr and reid | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 14 | bambuza | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 15 | icd | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 16 | rebecca roth | 0 | $0 | 1 | $350 | $350 |
| 17 | dynalectric | 0 | $0 | 1 | $300 | $300 |
| 18 | asi | 0 | $0 | 1 | $250 | $250 |
| 19 | oregon research institute | 0 | $0 | 1 | $250 | $250 |
| 20 | executive director | 0 | $0 | 1 | $250 | $250 |
| 21 | retired | 0 | $0 | 1 | $250 | $250 |
| 22 | smith river alliance | 0 | $0 | 1 | $250 | $250 |
| 23 | barton law firm | 0 | $0 | 1 | $250 | $250 |
| 24 | broadcom | 0 | $0 | 1 | $250 | $250 |
| 25 | noble law group | 0 | $0 | 1 | $250 | $250 |
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.
2 predicted yes (0%) · 280 predicted no (52%) · 261 unknown (48%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 2 yes / 0 no / 261 unknown · I: 0 yes / 3 no
2 high-confidence positions (voted + sponsor + cosponsor)
- Wyden, Ron (D · senate · OR) · sponsor
- Merkley, Jeff (D · senate · OR) · cosponsor
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.
- 2024-06-04 · cosponsored by Merkley, Jeff (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-06-04 · sponsored by Wyden, Ron (sponsor) · sponsorship