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H.R. 980119th CongressArmed Forces and National Security
Veterans Readiness and Employment Improvement Act of 2025
Sponsored by Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI) · 0 active
Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate12 senators score as swing votes
Passed House
- House: passedFeb 2, 2026
- Senate: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govModernizing the Veterans On-Campus Experience Act of 2025
This bill removes the requirement that educational and vocational counseling services provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) on campus at institutions of higher learning must be provided by VA counselors.
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 AmendedPassed402 yea, 2 nayFebruary 2, 2026 · Roll call 49
| BandBand before the vote | VotedVoted yea or nay | BrokeBroke with party | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swing | 37 | 1 | 3% |
| Middle | 260 | 1 | 0% |
| Entrenched | 103 | 0 | 0% |
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Veterans' Affairs · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
- Economic Opportunity · HouseReported by · Markup by · Hearings by (subcommittee) · Referred to
- Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs · SenateReferred to
Subjects
- Educational guidance
- Higher education
- Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
How the Senate breaks down
- 12Swing 70–100
- 70Middle 30–70
- 18Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v3Bars 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
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Cosponsors
0 activeThis bill has no cosponsors.
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.
