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H.R. 695119th CongressArmed Forces and National Security
Medal of Honor Act
Sponsored by Rep. Troy E. Nehls (R-TX) · 4 active : 3 Republicans, 1 Democrat
Latest action: Became Public Law No: 119-43.
Where it standsBecame law44 representatives score as swing votes
Became law
- House: passedFeb 26, 2025
- Senate: passedNov 7, 2025
- President: Signed into lawDec 1, 2025
Summary
, via Congress.govMedal of Honor Act
This act increases the monthly special pension for living Medal of Honor recipients. The act also prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs from increasing the amount of the pension for inflation if the amount was already increased during such year.
Additionally, the act extends a limitation on the pension paid to veterans who reside in Medicaid nursing homes and have no spouse or child. Currently, such pensions are limited to $90 per month through November 30, 2031. The act extends this limitation through January 31, 2033.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Veterans' Affairs · HouseReferred to
- Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs · SenateDischarged from · Referred to
Subjects
- Inflation and prices
- Veterans' pensions and compensation
How the Senate breaks down
- 9Swing 70–100
- 62Middle 30–70
- 29Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score. The bill is not before the Senate right now; these scores show where members would stand.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v2, directional: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.
Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
4 activeShow all 4 cosponsors
- Chris Pappas (D-NH-1)
- Lauren Boebert (R-CO-4)
- Monica De La Cruz (R-TX-15)
- Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ-2)
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.
