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The House has buried 95% of the proposals to address the cost of living crisis.

The House voted down the rule for the FY27 NDAA on June 30, 198–224. Fourteen Republicans joined every voting Democrat, and the failed vote erased floor consideration for all 1,396 amendments members had filed, including 312 the Rules Committee had already approved.

I analyzed every amendment submitted to the Rules Committee across eight NDAAs (FY18–FY27), nearly 8,800 in total. Key findings:

* Approval rates collapsed from about 54% under the 2020–2022 majorities to 22% today.

* Minority-party access fell under every majority: 38% in FY18, then 32/34/23% (FY21–23), then 14/16/9/8.5% (FY24–27). Each majority undercuts the last one's floor.

* The bipartisan premium inverted. Cross-party amendments once outperformed everything (70% approved in FY23). They now run 18%, barely above minority-only filings.

* Democrats' surviving amendments are nearly all studies and reports. Republican amendments got to prohibit funding streams and restrict programs.

* The rebels themselves had a better-than-average success rate (26 of their 72 amendments made in order). They torched their own floor votes over an unrelated voter-ID fight.

Full analysis

The House voted down the rule for the FY27 NDAA on June 30, 198–224. Fourteen Republicans joined every voting Democrat, and the failed vote erased floor consideration for all 1,396 amendments members had filed, including 312 the Rules Committee had already approved.

I analyzed every amendment submitted to the Rules Committee across eight NDAAs (FY18–FY27), nearly 8,800 in total. Key findings:

• Approval rates collapsed from about 54% under the 2020–2022 majorities to 22% today.
• Minority-party access fell under every majority: 38% in FY18, then 32/34/23% (FY21–23), then 14/16/9/8.5% (FY24–27). Each majority undercuts the last one's floor.
• The bipartisan premium inverted. Cross-party amendments once outperformed everything (70% approved in FY23). They now run 18%, barely above minority-only filings.
• Democrats' surviving amendments are nearly all studies and reports. Republican amendments got to prohibit funding streams and restrict programs.
• The rebels themselves had a better-than-average success rate (26 of their 72 amendments made in order). They torched their own floor votes over an unrelated voter-ID fight.

Full analysis