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S. 410119th CongressArmed Forces and National Security
Love Lives On Act of 2025
Sponsored by Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS) · 61 active : 18 Republicans, 41 Democrats, 2 Independents
Latest action: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Where it standsBefore the Senate4 senators score as swing votes
Hasn’t passed either chamber
- Senate: next
- House: 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
- Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs · SenateMarkup by · Hearings by (full committee) · Referred to
Subjects
- Marriage and family status
- Military personnel and dependents
- Veterans' pensions and compensation
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
How the Senate breaks down
- 4Swing 70–100
- 24Middle 30–70
- 72Entrenched 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
61 activeShow all 61 cosponsors
- Alex Padilla (D-CA)
- Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
- Angus S. King Jr. (I-ME)
- Bernard Sanders (I-VT)
- Brian Schatz (D-HI)
- Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
- Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
- Christopher A. Coons (D-DE)
- Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
- Jacky Rosen (D-NV)
- Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
- John Cornyn (R-TX)
- John Fetterman (D-PA)
- John W. Hickenlooper (D-CO)
- Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
- Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH)
- Martin Heinrich (D-NM)
- Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI)
- Mike Rounds (R-SD)
- Raphael G. Warnock (D-GA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
- Ted Cruz (R-TX)
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.
