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H.R. 1004119th CongressArmed Forces and National Security
Love Lives On Act of 2025
Sponsored by Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC) · 182 active : 52 Republicans, 129 Democrats, 1 Independent
Latest action: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
Where it standsBefore the House10 representatives score as swing votes
Hasn’t passed either chamber
- House: next
- Senate: not yet
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govLove Lives On Act of 2025
This bill extends entitlement for various benefit programs and services for surviving spouses of deceased members of the Armed Forces or veterans.
The bill provides that the remarriage of a surviving spouse must not bar the furnishing of dependency and indemnity compensation or special pension benefits to such spouse.
Additionally, the Department of Defense may not terminate the payment of an annuity for a surviving spouse under the Survivor Benefit Plan solely because the surviving spouse remarries.
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The bill also expands the definition of a dependent under TRICARE to include a remarried widow or widower whose subsequent marriage has ended due to death, divorce, or annulment.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Armed Services · HouseReferred to
- House Committee on Veterans' Affairs · HouseReferred to
- Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs · HouseReported by · Markup by · Hearings by (subcommittee) · Referred to
Subjects
- Marriage and family status
- Military personnel and dependents
- Veterans' pensions and compensation
How the Senate breaks down
- 7Swing 70–100
- 65Middle 30–70
- 28Entrenched 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-v2Bars 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
182 activeShow all 182 cosponsors
- Derrick Van Orden (R-WI-3)
- Joe Neguse (D-CO-2)
- Kelly Morrison (D-MN-3)
- Morgan Luttrell (R-TX-8)
- Ro Khanna (D-CA-17)
- Gabe Amo (D-RI-1)
- Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA-24)
- Nikki Budzinski (D-IL-13)
- Sharice Davids (D-KS-3)
- André Carson (D-IN-7)
- Angie Craig (D-MN-2)
- Julia Brownley (D-CA-26)
- Morgan McGarvey (D-KY-3)
- Raul Ruiz (D-CA-25)
- Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ-7)
- Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-12)
- Frank J. Mrvan (D-IN-1)
- John B. Larson (D-CT-1)
- Seth Moulton (D-MA-6)
- Christopher R. Deluzio
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.
