S 978 — HELPER Act of 2025
Congress 119 · introduced 2025-03-12
Latest action: — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Sponsors
- Hickenlooper, John W. (D, CO-S) — cosponsor
- Fetterman, John (D, PA-S) — cosponsor
- Booker, Cory A. (D, NJ-S) — cosponsor
- Sullivan, Dan (R, AK-S) — cosponsor
- Cortez Masto, Catherine (D, NV-S) — cosponsor
- Kelly, Mark (D, AZ-S) — cosponsor
- Hassan, Margaret Wood (D, NH-S) — cosponsor
Lobbied by (4)
LDA filings that named this bill in their activity descriptions. The lobbying firm (registrant) is paid by the client to lobby on this and related issues.
| Filing | Period | Registrant (lobbying firm) | Client | Income | Matched |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Quarter - Report | 2026 first_quarter | CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION. INC. DBA AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONS | CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC. DBA AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONS | — | S. 978 |
| 1st Quarter - Report | 2026 first_quarter | AMERICAN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION | AMERICAN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION | — | S. 978 |
| 1st Quarter - Report | 2026 first_quarter | INTERNATIONAL UNION OF POLICE ASSOCIATIONS, AFL-CIO | INTERNATIONAL UNION OF POLICE ASSOCIATIONS AFL-CIO | — | S978 |
| 1st Quarter - Report | 2026 first_quarter | DOUCET CONSULTING SOLUTIONS, LLC | LOUISIANA SHERIFFS' ASSOCIATION | $10,000 | S. 978 |
Action timeline
- — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
- · 10000 — Introduced in Senate
Text versions
- Introduced in Senate · 2025-03-12 — open
Connected on the graph
Inbound (11)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Hickenlooper, John W. | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Booker, Cory A. | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Fetterman, John | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Cortez Masto, Catherine | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Sullivan, Dan | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Kelly, Mark | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Hassan, Margaret Wood | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-01 | LOUISIANA SHERIFFS' ASSOCIATION | lobbies_on_bill | — | S. 978 | lobbying_bill_mention |
| 2026-01-01 | CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC. DBA AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONS | lobbies_on_bill | — | S. 978 | lobbying_bill_mention |
| 2026-01-01 | INTERNATIONAL UNION OF POLICE ASSOCIATIONS AFL-CIO | lobbies_on_bill | — | S978 | lobbying_bill_mention |
| 2026-01-01 | AMERICAN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION | lobbies_on_bill | — | S. 978 | lobbying_bill_mention |
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 | Booker, Cory A. (D, senate NJ) | cosponsor | 3 | — | 4 |
| 2 | Cortez Masto, Catherine (D, senate NV) | cosponsor | 3 | — | 4 |
| 3 | Hickenlooper, John W. (D, senate CO) | cosponsor | 2 | — | 3 |
| 4 | Hassan, Margaret Wood (D, senate NH) | cosponsor | 1 | — | 2 |
| 5 | Kelly, Mark (D, senate AZ) | cosponsor | 1 | — | 2 |
| 6 | Fetterman, John (D, senate PA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Sullivan, Dan (R, senate AK) | 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 | 5,024 | $298,566 | $298,566 |
| 2 | self employed | 0 | $0 | 288 | $27,955 | $27,955 |
| 3 | retired | 0 | $0 | 83 | $21,520 | $21,520 |
| 4 | self-employed | 0 | $0 | 213 | $18,778 | $18,778 |
| 5 | anthropic | 0 | $0 | 2 | $14,000 | $14,000 |
| 6 | LOUISIANA SHERIFFS' ASSOCIATION | 1 | $10,000 | 0 | $0 | $10,000 |
| 7 | mit | 0 | $0 | 4 | $7,060 | $7,060 |
| 8 | anthropic pbc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 9 | goldbug | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 10 | apollo | 0 | $0 | 2 | $5,000 | $5,000 |
| 11 | freeport | 0 | $0 | 1 | $4,000 | $4,000 |
| 12 | castle knoll investments | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 13 | starz | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 14 | unitleader | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,300 | $3,300 |
| 15 | apollo global management | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,000 | $3,000 |
| 16 | ubs financial services, inc. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,000 | $3,000 |
| 17 | 179 bar and grill | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,000 | $3,000 |
| 18 | public strategies washington | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,500 | $2,500 |
| 19 | sutter hill ventures | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,500 | $2,500 |
| 20 | jp morgan | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| 21 | steren electronics international, llc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| 22 | neale creek, llc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| 23 | brownstein hyatt farber schreck | 0 | $0 | 3 | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| 24 | accomplished chimney, inc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| 25 | self | 0 | $0 | 4 | $1,540 | $1,540 |
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.
7 predicted yes (1%) · 3 predicted no (1%) · 533 unknown (98%)
By party: · R: 1 yes / 0 no / 276 unknown · D: 6 yes / 0 no / 257 unknown · I: 0 yes / 3 no
7 high-confidence positions (voted + sponsor + cosponsor)
- Booker, Cory A. (D · senate · NJ) · cosponsor
- Cortez Masto, Catherine (D · senate · NV) · cosponsor
- Fetterman, John (D · senate · PA) · cosponsor
- Hassan, Margaret Wood (D · senate · NH) · cosponsor
- Hickenlooper, John W. (D · senate · CO) · cosponsor
- Kelly, Mark (D · senate · AZ) · cosponsor
- Sullivan, Dan (R · senate · AK) · 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 Booker, Cory A. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Hickenlooper, John W. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Cortez Masto, Catherine (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Kelly, Mark (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Sullivan, Dan (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Hassan, Margaret Wood (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Fetterman, John (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by LOUISIANA SHERIFFS' ASSOCIATION (s. 978) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC. DBA AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONS (s. 978) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by INTERNATIONAL UNION OF POLICE ASSOCIATIONS AFL-CIO (s978) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by AMERICAN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION (s. 978) · lobbying_bill_mention