S 868 — MEGOBARI Act
Congress 119 · introduced 2025-03-05
Latest action: — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 55.
Sponsors
- Shaheen, Jeanne (D, NH-S) — sponsor · 2025-03-05
- Risch, James E. (R, ID-S) — cosponsor · 2025-03-05
- Ricketts, Pete (R, NE-S) — cosponsor · 2025-03-24
- Coons, Christopher A. (D, DE-S) — cosponsor · 2025-03-24
Action timeline
- — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
- · 10000 — Introduced in Senate
- — Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 55.
- — Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Risch without amendment. Without written report.
- · 14000 — Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Risch without amendment. Without written report.
Text versions
Connected on the graph
5 typed relationships in the influence graph — 4 inbound, 1 outbound, grouped by type.
cosponsor of bill (3)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | ← | Ricketts, Pete | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-03-24 | ← | Coons, Christopher A. | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-03-05 | ← | Risch, James E. | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
referred to committee (1)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-03 | → | Senate Foreign Relations Committee | — | congress-committee |
sponsor of bill (1)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-05 | ← | Shaheen, Jeanne | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
The full graph
Every typed relationship touching this entity — 5 edges across 2 categories. Grouped by what the connection is; the heaviest few are shown, with a link to the full list.
Committees
→ Referred to committee 1 edge
- Senate Foreign Relations Committee · 2025-01-03
Legislation
← Cosponsored bill 3 edges
- Coons, Christopher A. · cosponsor · 2025-03-24
- Risch, James E. · cosponsor · 2025-03-05
- Ricketts, Pete · cosponsor
← Sponsored bill 1 edge
- Shaheen, Jeanne · sponsor · 2025-03-05
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 | Shaheen, Jeanne (D, senate NH) | sponsor | 2 | — | 7 |
| 2 | Ricketts, Pete (R, senate NE) | cosponsor | 9 | — | 6 |
| 3 | Risch, James E. (R, senate ID) | cosponsor | 23 | — | 6 |
| 4 | Coons, Christopher A. (D, senate DE) | cosponsor | 2 | — | 3 |
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 | 326 | $309,825 | $309,825 |
| 2 | retired | 0 | $0 | 155 | $269,980 | $269,980 |
| 3 | pearson & associates | 0 | $0 | 106 | $225,754 | $225,754 |
| 4 | self | 0 | $0 | 83 | $166,776 | $166,776 |
| 5 | self-employed | 0 | $0 | 91 | $102,810 | $102,810 |
| 6 | young conaway stargatt & taylor llp | 0 | $0 | 36 | $88,000 | $88,000 |
| 7 | s-3 group | 0 | $0 | 38 | $70,850 | $70,850 |
| 8 | apollo global management | 0 | $0 | 20 | $62,800 | $62,800 |
| 9 | holtzman vogel, pllc | 0 | $0 | 18 | $62,100 | $62,100 |
| 10 | u.s. travel association | 0 | $0 | 6 | $46,290 | $46,290 |
| 11 | n/a | 0 | $0 | 202 | $40,328 | $40,328 |
| 12 | self employed | 0 | $0 | 18 | $33,900 | $33,900 |
| 13 | lockheed martin | 0 | $0 | 31 | $32,500 | $32,500 |
| 14 | bp | 0 | $0 | 12 | $31,200 | $31,200 |
| 15 | capital group | 0 | $0 | 7 | $30,750 | $30,750 |
| 16 | leidos | 0 | $0 | 34 | $20,750 | $20,750 |
| 17 | blackstone | 0 | $0 | 6 | $19,000 | $19,000 |
| 18 | cumberland development | 0 | $0 | 1 | $17,500 | $17,500 |
| 19 | capital group companies | 0 | $0 | 5 | $17,500 | $17,500 |
| 20 | gibson dunn & crutcher | 0 | $0 | 4 | $16,400 | $16,400 |
| 21 | k&l gates llp | 0 | $0 | 10 | $16,000 | $16,000 |
| 22 | bunge north america pac | 0 | $0 | 7 | $15,800 | $15,800 |
| 23 | edw. c levy co | 0 | $0 | 1 | $14,040 | $14,040 |
| 24 | audax group | 0 | $0 | 1 | $14,000 | $14,000 |
| 25 | clearpath | 0 | $0 | 2 | $14,000 | $14,000 |
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.
4 predicted yes (1%) · 3 predicted no (1%) · 536 unknown (98%)
By party: · R: 2 yes / 0 no / 275 unknown · D: 2 yes / 0 no / 261 unknown · I: 0 yes / 3 no
4 high-confidence positions (voted + sponsor + cosponsor)
- Shaheen, Jeanne (D · senate · NH) · sponsor
- Coons, Christopher A. (D · senate · DE) · cosponsor
- Ricketts, Pete (R · senate · NE) · cosponsor
- Risch, James E. (R · senate · ID) · 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.
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Ricketts, Pete (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-03-24 · cosponsored by Coons, Christopher A. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-03-05 · cosponsored by Risch, James E. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-03-05 · sponsored by Shaheen, Jeanne (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-03 · was referred to Senate Foreign Relations Committee · congress-committee