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H.R. 2625119th CongressArmed Forces and National Security
VERY Act of 2025
Sponsored by Rep. Donald G. Davis (D-NC) · 3 active : 2 Republicans, 1 Democrat
Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate9 senators score as swing votes
Passed House
- House: passedJul 21, 2025
- Senate: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govVeterans Employment Readiness Yield Act of 2025 or the VERY Act of 2025
This bill revises terminology used under the Veteran Readiness and Employment program, specifically by replacing the use of
employment handicap
with
employment barrier
.
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.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Veterans' Affairs · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
- Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs · SenateReferred to
Subjects
- Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
How the Senate breaks down
- 9Swing 70–100
- 62Middle 30–70
- 29Entrenched 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-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, Senate
Earlier behind swing-v3’s inputLoading similar votes
Cosponsors
3 activeShow all 3 cosponsors
- Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ-6)
- Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1)
- Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY-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.
