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H.R. 2954: Veterans’ Transition to Trucking Act of 2025 · Congress Swing Tracker

H.R. 2954119th CongressArmed Forces and National Security

Veterans’ Transition to Trucking Act of 2025

Sponsored by Rep. Chris Pappas (D-NH) · 6 active : 5 Republicans, 1 Democrat

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: passedMay 19, 2026
Senate: next
President: not yet

7 senators score as swing votes

Summary

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Summary on Congress.gov

Veterans' Transition to Trucking Act of 2025

This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to act as a state approving agency to approve multi-state apprenticeship programs (i.e., non-federal apprenticeship programs operating in more than one state) for purposes of VA educational assistance benefits. (State approving agencies are designated by states to provide, among other duties, approval of courses of education for purposes of VA education benefits.)

Committees and subjects

Committees

House Committee on Veterans' Affairs · HouseReported by · Markup by · Discharged from · Referred to
Economic Opportunity · HouseHearings by (subcommittee) · Referred to
Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs · SenateReferred to

Subjects

Employment and training programs
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Senate · 100 House · 433

Model

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

How the Senate breaks down

7Swing 70–100
65Middle 30–70
28Entrenched 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

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.

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Susan M. CollinsRepublican · Maine · Lean D+4On the ballot

Similar past votes, Senate

Earlier behind swing-v3’s input

Similar votes count toward swing-v3 in the Senate: total similarity weight 26.5 (needs 5.0).

S. 4784 · Jul 14, 2026 · Roll call 854On Cloture on the Motion to ProceedAn original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.
Cloture on the Motion to Proceed RejectedSame policy area×0.5
S. 1318 · Jun 5, 2026 · Roll call 823On the Motion to ProceedA bill to direct the American Battle Monuments Commission to establish a program to identify American-Jewish servicemembers buried in United States military cemeteries overseas under markers that incorrectly represent their religion and heritage, and for other purposes.
Motion to Proceed RejectedSame policy area×0.5
S.J.Res. 103 · Mar 25, 2026 · Roll call 731On the Motion to ProceedA joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Veterans Affairs relating to "Reproductive Health Services".
Motion to Proceed RejectedSame policy area×0.5
S. 1071 · Dec 17, 2025 · Roll call 648On the MotionA bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to disinter the remains of Fernando V. Cota from Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas, and for other purposes.
Motion Agreed toSame policy area×0.5
S. 1071 · Dec 15, 2025 · Roll call 647On the Cloture MotionA bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to disinter the remains of Fernando V. Cota from Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas, and for other purposes.
Cloture Motion Agreed toSame policy area×0.5
S. 1071 · Dec 11, 2025 · Roll call 646On the Motion to ProceedA bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to disinter the remains of Fernando V. Cota from Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas, and for other purposes.
Motion to Proceed Agreed toSame policy area×0.5
S. 2296 · Oct 9, 2025 · Roll call 570On Passage of the BillAn original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2026 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.
Bill PassedSame policy area×0.5
S. 2296 · Oct 9, 2025 · Roll call 569On the AmendmentTo limit the use of Federal law enforcement officers for crowd control, and for other purposes.
Amendment RejectedSame policy area×0.5

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S. 2296 · Oct 9, 2025 · Roll call 568On the AmendmentTo reduce the bloated Pentagon budget by 10 percent and instead expand veteran dental care at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Amendment RejectedSame policy area×0.5
S. 2296 · Oct 9, 2025 · Roll call 567On the AmendmentTo limit the provision of support by the Armed Forces to civilian law enforcement activities.
Amendment RejectedSame policy area×0.5
S. 2296 · Oct 9, 2025 · Roll call 566On the AmendmentTo amend title 32, United States Code, to clarify certain limitations on full-time National Guard duty performed in a State, Territory, or the District of Columbia.
Amendment RejectedSame policy area×0.5
S. 2296 · Oct 9, 2025 · Roll call 565

Cosponsors

6 active

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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.