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H.R. 3951: Rural Veterans’ Improved Access to Benefits Act of 2025 · Congress Swing Tracker

H.R. 3951119th CongressArmed Forces and National Security

Rural Veterans’ Improved Access to Benefits Act of 2025

Sponsored by Rep. Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ) · 2 active : 2 Democrats

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: passedSep 15, 2025
Senate: next
President: not yet

7 senators score as swing votes

Summary

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Rural Veterans’ Improved Access to Benefits Act of 2025

This bill extends and expands the pilot program under which certain non-Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care professionals may be contracted to provide disability examinations to veterans, regardless of the jurisdiction of their licensure, for purposes of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) benefits and care. Specifically, the bill (1) expands the types of health care professionals who may provide such examinations, and (2) extends the authority for such professionals to be contracted for this purpose through January 5, 2031.

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Currently, such examinations may only be contracted to licensed non-VA physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, audiologists, or psychologists. The bill expands the list to include qualified health care professionals who are eligible for appointment to specified positions in the Veterans Health Administration, including hospital or clinic directors, dentists, and pharmacists.

The VA must report on its use of the expanded authority under this bill.

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 · Discharged from · Referred to
Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs · HouseHearings by (subcommittee) · Referred to
Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs · SenateReferred to

Subjects

Congressional oversight
Health personnel
Licensing and registrations
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Senate · 100 House · 433

Model

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

How the House breaks down

51Swing 70–100
266Middle 30–70
114Entrenched 0–30
2Insufficient data not ranked

Members fall into . 2 representatives don’t have enough data yet and are marked “insufficient data”. Non-voting delegates are not counted. The bill is not before the House right now; these scores show where members would stand.

Key players in the House

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, House

Earlier behind swing-v3’s input

Similar votes count toward swing-v3 in the House: total similarity weight 69.0 (needs 5.0).

H.R. 8800 · Jul 22, 2026 · Roll call 638On PassageNational Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 8800 · Jul 22, 2026 · Roll call 636On Agreeing to the Amendment
FailedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 8800 · Jul 22, 2026 · Roll call 635On Agreeing to the Amendment
Agreed toSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 8800 · Jul 22, 2026 · Roll call 634On Agreeing to the Amendment
FailedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 8800 · Jul 22, 2026 · Roll call 633On Agreeing to the Amendment
Agreed toSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 8800 · Jul 21, 2026 · Roll call 629On Agreeing to the Amendment
FailedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 8800 · Jul 21, 2026 · Roll call 628On Agreeing to the Amendment
Agreed toSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 8800 · Jul 21, 2026 · Roll call 627On Agreeing to the Amendment
Agreed toSame policy area×0.5

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H.R. 8800 · Jul 21, 2026 · Roll call 626On Agreeing to the Amendment
FailedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 8800 · Jul 21, 2026 · Roll call 625On Agreeing to the Amendment
Agreed toSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 8800 · Jul 21, 2026 · Roll call 624On Agreeing to the Amendment
FailedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 8800 · Jul 21, 2026 · Roll call 623On Agreeing to the Amendment
FailedSame policy area×0.5

Cosponsors

2 active

Show all 2 cosponsors

Donald G. Davis (D-NC-1)
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA-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.

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Jared F. GoldenDemocrat · Maine 2nd · Lean R+4On the ballot
Ideology gap
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Cross-pressure
Similar votes
CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 23% of 137 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: Heritage Action, LCV
94Swing
ContactCall 202-225-6306 Website
2
Brian K. FitzpatrickRepublican · Pennsylvania 1st · Lean D+1On the ballot
Ideology gap
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Cross-pressure
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 39% of 137 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: Heritage Action, LCV
93Swing
ContactCall 202-225-4276
3
Jennifer A. KiggansRepublican · Virginia 2nd · Lean EVENHouse Committee on Veterans' AffairsOn the ballot
Ideology gap
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Cross-pressure
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Committee
Broke with party on 10% of 137 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: Heritage Action, LCV
92Swing
ContactCall
4
Michael LawlerRepublican · New York 17th · Lean D+1On the ballot
Ideology gap
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Cross-pressure
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 19% of 137 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: Heritage Action, LCV
92Swing
ContactCall 202-225-6506 Website
5
Henry CuellarDemocrat · Texas 28th · Lean R+2On the ballot
Ideology gap
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Cross-pressure
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 32% of 138 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: Heritage Action, LCV
91Swing
ContactCall 202-225-1640 Website
6
Maggie GoodlanderDemocrat · New Hampshire 2nd · Lean D+2House Committee on Veterans' AffairsOn the ballot
Ideology gap
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Cross-pressure
Similar votes
Committee
Broke with party on 7% of 43 similar votes
91Swing
ContactCall
7
Don BaconRepublican · Nebraska 2nd · Lean D+3On the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 14% of 138 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: Heritage Action, LCV
90Swing
ContactCall 202-225-4155 Website
8
Thomas H. KeanRepublican · New Jersey 7th · Lean EVENOn the ballot
Ideology gap
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Cross-pressure
Similar votes
CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 15% of 133 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: Heritage Action, LCV
90Swing
ContactCall 202-225-5361 Website
9
Nancy MaceRepublican · South Carolina 1st · Lean R+6House Committee on Veterans' AffairsDisability Assistance and Memorial AffairsOn the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Similar votes
Committee
Broke with party on 11% of 136 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: Heritage Action, LCV
89Swing
ContactCall
10
Adam GrayDemocrat · California 13th · Lean R+1On the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Similar votes
CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 32% of 42 similar votes
89Swing
ContactCall 202-225-1947 Website