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H.R. 1823119th CongressArmed Forces and National Security
VA Budget Shortfall Accountability Act
Sponsored by Rep. Jack Bergman (R-MI) · 1 active : 1 Republican
Latest action: Became Public Law No: 119-71.
Where it standsBecame law54 representatives score as swing votes
Became law
- House: passedMay 19, 2025
- Senate: passedDec 18, 2025
- President: Signed into lawJan 20, 2026
Summary
, via Congress.govVA Budget Shortfall Accountability Act
This act requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to review and report on the circumstances and causes of the shortfall in funding of the Veterans Benefits Administration for FY2024 and the expected shortfall in funding of the Veterans Health Administration in FY2025. The Department of Veterans Affairs must submit such GAO report to Congress. For each of the five fiscal years following the date of enactment of this act, GAO must conduct subsequent reviews and reports regarding the funding of the VA.
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
Passed by voice vote or unanimous consent: no individual votes recorded.
Senate
Passed by voice vote or unanimous consent: no individual votes recorded.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Veterans' Affairs · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
- Health · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
- Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs · SenateDischarged from · Referred to
Subjects
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Veterans' medical care
- 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
- 7Swing 70–100
- 79Middle 30–70
- 14Entrenched 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-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
1 activeShow all 1 cosponsors
- Mike Bost (R-IL-12)
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.
