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H.R. 785119th CongressArmed Forces and National Security
Representing our Seniors at VA Act of 2026
Sponsored by Rep. Jennifer A. Kiggans (R-VA) · 18 active : 7 Republicans, 11 Democrats
Latest action: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 498.
Where it standsBefore the House47 representatives score as swing votes
Hasn’t passed either chamber
- House: next
- Senate: not yet
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govRepresenting our Seniors at VA Act of 2025
This bill expands the membership of the Geriatrics and Gerontology Advisory Committee within the Veterans Health Administration by requiring the addition of one representative from the National Association of State Veterans Homes who holds a professional license in nursing home administration. Additionally, the committee must consult with the National Association of Veterans State Homes with respect to matters concerning the association.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Veterans' Affairs · HouseReported by · Markup by · Discharged from · Referred to
- Health · HouseHearings by (subcommittee) · Referred to
Subjects
- Advisory bodies
- Aging
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
How the Senate breaks down
- 6Swing 70–100
- 79Middle 30–70
- 15Entrenched 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-v3, 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, , and the . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
Earlier behind swing-v3’s inputLoading similar votes
Cosponsors
18 activeShow all 18 cosponsors
- Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL-20)
- Sheri Biggs (R-SC-3)
- Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY-3)
- Donald G. Davis (D-NC-1)
- Laura Gillen (D-NY-4)
- Nick LaLota (R-NY-1)
- Russ Fulcher (R-ID-1)
- Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY-2)
- David J. Taylor (R-OH-2)
- Grace Meng (D-NY-6)
- Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-12)
- Tom Barrett (R-MI-7)
- Marilyn Strickland (D-WA-10)
- Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-9)
- Eugene Simon Vindman (D-VA-7)
- Susie Lee (D-NV-3)
- Burgess Owens (R-UT-4)
- Daniel S. Goldman (D-NY-10)
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.
