Clear Communication for Veterans Claims Act

Sponsored by Rep. Tom Barrett (R-MI) · 9 active : 7 Republicans, 2 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

9 senators score as swing votes

Summary

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Summary on Congress.gov

Clear Communication for Veterans Claims Act

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to seek to enter into an agreement with a federally funded research and development center to assess notices that the VA sends to claimants applying for or submitting claims for VA benefits. The VA must report on the findings of the assessment and implement recommendations in the assessment.

The bill also extends certain loan fee rates through June 23, 2034, under the VA's home loan program.

Committees and subjects

Committees

House Committee on Veterans' Affairs · HouseReferred to
Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs · HouseHearings by (subcommittee) · Referred to
Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs · SenateReferred to

Subjects

Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Housing finance and home ownership
Research and development
User charges and fees
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Senate · 100 House · 433

Model

v3defaultv2

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

How the House breaks down

44Swing 70–100
199Middle 30–70
188Entrenched 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-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, House

Earlier behind swing-v3’s input

Similar votes count toward swing-v3 in the House: total similarity weight 70.0 (needs 5.0).

H.R. 6047 · May 21, 2026 · Roll call 551On PassageSharri Briley and Eric Edmundson Veterans Benefits Expansion Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 1041 · May 21, 2026 · Roll call 550On PassageVeterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 8800 · Jul 22, 2026 · Roll call 638On PassageNational Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
PassedSame policy area×0.5
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

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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
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

Cosponsors

9 active

Show all 9 cosponsors

Mike Bost (R-IL-12)
Nikki Budzinski (D-IL-13)
Gregory F. Murphy (R-NC-3)
Daniel Webster (R-FL-11)
Mike Collins (R-GA-10)
Mike Haridopolos (R-FL-8)
Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI-5)
August Pfluger (R-TX-11)
Susie Lee (D-NV-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.