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H.R. 1286119th CongressArmed Forces and National Security
Simplifying Forms for Veterans Claims Act
Sponsored by Rep. Robert P. Bresnahan (R-PA) · 18 active : 14 Republicans, 4 Democrats
Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate8 senators score as swing votes
Passed House
- House: passedMay 19, 2025
- Senate: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govSimplifying Forms for Veterans Claims Act
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to seek to enter an agreement with a federally funded research and development center to assess the forms that the VA sends to claimants. The center must submit a written assessment to the VA that includes recommendations on how the VA may make the forms clearer and more organized.
The VA must implement certain recommendations in the assessment within two years after the assessment is received.
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 AmendedPassed386 yea, 1 nayMay 19, 2025 · Roll call 133
| BandBand before the vote | VotedVoted yea or nay | BrokeBroke with party | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swing | 30 | 0 | 0% |
| Middle | 188 | 0 | 0% |
| Entrenched | 98 | 1 | 1% |
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Veterans' Affairs · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
- Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs · HouseReported by · Markup by · Hearings by (subcommittee) · Referred to
- Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs · SenateReferred to
Subjects
- Congressional oversight
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Research and development
- 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
- 8Swing 70–100
- 78Middle 30–70
- 14Entrenched 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-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
- David G. Valadao (R-CA-22)
- Donald G. Davis (D-NC-1)
- Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-19)
- Josh Harder (D-CA-9)
- Mike Bost (R-IL-12)
- Daniel Meuser (R-PA-9)
- August Pfluger (R-TX-11)
- Barry Moore (R-AL-1)
- Glenn Thompson (R-PA-15)
- Monica De La Cruz (R-TX-15)
- Pete Stauber (R-MN-8)
- Steve Womack (R-AR-3)
- Darrell Issa (R-CA-48)
- Susie Lee (D-NV-3)
- J. French Hill (R-AR-2)
- Jay Obernolte (R-CA-23)
- Roger Williams (R-TX-25)
- Michelle Fischbach (R-MN-7)
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.
