Vietnam Veterans Liver Fluke Cancer Study Act

Sponsored by Rep. Nick LaLota (R-NY) · 8 active : 3 Republicans, 5 Democrats

Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate

Passed House

House: passedApr 7, 2025
Senate: next
President: not yet

12 senators score as swing votes

Summary

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Vietnam Veterans Liver Fluke Cancer Study Act

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to conduct an epidemiological study and report on the prevalence of cholangiocarcinoma (bile duct cancer) in veterans who served in the Vietnam theater of operations during the Vietnam era. The study must identify the rate of incidence of cholangiocarcinoma in such veterans and in U.S. residents.

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The bill also requires the VA to track and report on the prevalence of cholangiocarcinoma using the Veterans Affairs Central Cancer Registry. Additionally, the VA must periodically submit follow-up reports to Congress regarding the epidemiological study and information collected from the cancer registry regarding the prevalence of bile duct cancer.

How the projections held up

Each member’s recorded vote compared with their swing projection from before the vote. A member by voting against most of their own party.

House

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedPassed411 yea, 0 nayApril 7, 2025 · Roll call 89

How members in each band voted on this House vote, by their projection before the vote
BandBand before the vote	VotedVoted yea or nay	Share
Swing	24	0%
Middle	220	0%
Entrenched	99	0%

Committees and subjects

Committees

House Committee on Veterans' Affairs · HouseReferred to
Health · HouseReferred to
Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs · SenateReferred to

Subjects

Asia
Cancer
Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Medical research
Veterans' medical care
Vietnam

Senate · 100 House · 433

Model

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Directional: count only breaks toward the other party Why do scores change?

How the House breaks down

34Swing 70–100
273Middle 30–70
124Entrenched 0–30
2Insufficient data not ranked

Members fall into . 2 representatives don’t have enough data yet and are marked “insufficient data”. Non-voting delegates are not counted. The bill is not before the House right now; these scores show where members would stand.

Key players in the House

Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v3

Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, , and the . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has. Where the House has voted, each member’s appears with the projection made before it.

Similar past votes, House

Earlier behind swing-v3’s input

Similar votes count toward swing-v3 in the House: total similarity weight 69.0 (needs 5.0).

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H.R. 8800 · Jul 22, 2026 · Roll call 636On Agreeing to the Amendment
FailedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 8800 · Jul 22, 2026 · Roll call 635On Agreeing to the Amendment
Agreed toSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 8800 · Jul 22, 2026 · Roll call 634On Agreeing to the Amendment
FailedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 8800 · Jul 22, 2026 · Roll call 633On Agreeing to the Amendment
Agreed toSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 8800 · Jul 21, 2026 · Roll call 629On Agreeing to the Amendment
FailedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 8800 · Jul 21, 2026 · Roll call 628On Agreeing to the Amendment
Agreed toSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 8800 · Jul 21, 2026 · Roll call 627On Agreeing to the Amendment
Agreed toSame policy area×0.5

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H.R. 8800 · Jul 21, 2026 · Roll call 626On Agreeing to the Amendment
FailedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 8800 · Jul 21, 2026 · Roll call 625On Agreeing to the Amendment
Agreed toSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 8800 · Jul 21, 2026 · Roll call 624On Agreeing to the Amendment
FailedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 8800 · Jul 21, 2026 · Roll call 623On Agreeing to the Amendment
FailedSame policy area×0.5

Cosponsors

8 active

Show all 8 cosponsors

Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1)
Donald G. Davis (D-NC-1)
Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-5)
Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ-6)
Patrick Ryan (D-NY-18)
Michael Lawler (R-NY-17)
Josh Riley (D-NY-19)
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA-3)

How the swing score works

Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.

Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.

Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.

Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.

Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.

Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.

All voting members	406	0	0%

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Jared F. GoldenDemocrat · Maine 2nd · Lean R+4On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 23% of 137 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: Heritage Action, LCV
94Swing
Vote on passage, Apr 7, 2025:YeaProjected: 94 Swing
ContactCall 202-225-6306 Website
2
Henry CuellarDemocrat · Texas 28th · Lean R+2On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 32% of 138 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: Heritage Action, LCV
90Swing
Vote on passage, Apr 7, 2025:YeaProjected: 90 Swing
ContactCall
3
Laura GillenDemocrat · New York 4th · Lean D+2On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 17% of 43 similar votes
Today88Swing
Vote on passage, Apr 7, 2025:YeaProjected at the vote: — Insufficient data (today: 88)
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4
Adam GrayDemocrat · California 13th · Lean R+1On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 34% of 42 similar votes
Today87Swing
Vote on passage, Apr 7, 2025:YeaProjected at the vote: — Insufficient data (today: 87)
Contact
5
Thomas R. SuozziDemocrat · New York 3rd · Lean EVENOn the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 14% of 91 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: Heritage Action, LCV
Today87Swing
Vote on passage, Apr 7, 2025:YeaProjected at the vote: 82 Swing (today: 87)
6
Maggie GoodlanderDemocrat · New Hampshire 2nd · Lean D+2House Committee on Veterans' AffairsOn the ballot
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Committee
Broke with party on 7% of 43 similar votes
Today85Swing
Vote on passage, Apr 7, 2025:YeaProjected at the vote: Insufficient data
7
Chris PappasDemocrat · New Hampshire 1st · Lean D+2House Committee on Veterans' AffairsOn the ballot
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Committee
Broke with party on 10% of 138 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: Heritage Action, LCV
Today84Swing
Vote on passage, Apr 7, 2025:Yea
8
Nancy MaceRepublican · South Carolina 1st · Lean R+6House Committee on Veterans' AffairsOn the ballot
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Committee
Broke with party on 22% of 136 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: Heritage Action, LCV
Today84Swing
Vote on passage, Apr 7, 2025:Yea
9
Thomas H. KeanRepublican · New Jersey 7th · Lean EVENOn the ballot
Ideology gap
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 15% of 133 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: Heritage Action, LCV
Today82Swing
Vote on passage, Apr 7, 2025:YeaProjected at the vote: 84 Swing (today: 82)
10
Jennifer A. KiggansRepublican · Virginia 2nd · Lean EVENHouse Committee on Veterans' AffairsHealthOn the ballot
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Committee
Broke with party on 11% of 137 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: Heritage Action, LCV
Today81Swing
Vote on passage, Apr 7, 2025:Not voting