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H.R. 6047: Sharri Briley and Eric Edmundson Veterans Benefits Expansion Act of 2026 · Congress Swing Tracker

H.R. 6047119th CongressArmed Forces and National Security

Sharri Briley and Eric Edmundson Veterans Benefits Expansion Act of 2026

Sponsored by Rep. Tom Barrett (R-MI) · 14 active : 14 Republicans

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 21, 2026
Senate: next
President: not yet

12 senators score as swing votes

Summary

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Sharri Briley and Eric Edmundson Veterans Benefits Expansion Act of 2026

This bill expands specified benefits programs for veterans and their survivors and establishes a supplemental monthly allowance for certain disabled veterans.

The bill establishes a supplemental monthly allowance of $833.33 for veterans who are already eligible for a monthly aid and attendance allowance due to service-connected disabilities or traumatic brain injury.

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The bill increases the rate of dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC) by an additional 1% the next time DIC is adjusted for cost of living and an additional 0.5% the following adjustment. DIC is a monthly payment made to eligible survivors of (1) certain veterans who died due to a service-connected condition; (2) service members killed in the line of duty; or (3) veterans who were totally disabled by a service-connected disability for a certain period.

The bill expands eligibility for loans under the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) home loan program to certain members of the reserve components and National Guard by expanding what qualifies as active duty. The bill includes annual training duty as qualifying active duty and grants eligibility for VA loan guarantees after 14 days of active-duty service (with an additional fee).

Under the VA home loan program, the bill extends certain loan fee rates through September 30, 2036, and increases the fees for certain refinancing loans and loan assumptions.

The bill extends the limitation on pension amounts for certain hospitalized or institutionalized veterans through September 30, 2036.

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 PassagePassed235 yea, 179 nayMay 21, 2026 · Roll call 191

How members in each band voted on this House vote, by their projection before the vote
BandBand before the vote	VotedVoted yea or nay	BrokeBroke with party	Share
Swing	35	13	37%
Middle	259	17	7%
Entrenched	117	3	3%
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Committees and subjects

Committees

House Committee on Veterans' Affairs · HouseReported by · Markup by · Hearings by (full committee) · Referred to
Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs · SenateReferred to

Subjects

Government lending and loan guarantees
Housing finance and home ownership
User charges and fees
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
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

34Swing 70–100
272Middle 30–70
125Entrenched 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

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. Where the House has voted, each member’s appears with the projection made before it.

Similar past votes, House

Earlier behind swing-v3’s input

Similar votes count toward swing-v3 in the House: total similarity weight 71.5 (needs 5.0).

H.R. 6047 · May 21, 2026 · Roll call 551On PassageSharri Briley and Eric Edmundson Veterans Benefits Expansion Act
PassedSame bill×3.0
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

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H.R. 8800 · Jul 21, 2026 · Roll call 627On Agreeing to the Amendment
Agreed toSame policy area×0.5
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

Cosponsors

14 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.

All voting members	414	33	8%

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Jared F. GoldenDemocrat · Maine 2nd · Lean R+4On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 23% of 137 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: Heritage Action, LCV
94Swing
Vote on passage, May 21, 2026:NayProjected: 94 Swing
ContactCall 202-225-6306 Website
2
Marie Gluesenkamp PerezDemocrat · Washington 3rd · Lean R+2On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 24% of 137 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: Heritage Action, LCV
93Swing
Vote on passage, May 21, 2026:NayProjected: 93 Swing
ContactCall
3
Brian K. FitzpatrickRepublican · Pennsylvania 1st · Lean D+1On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 39% of 137 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: Heritage Action, LCV
93Swing
Vote on passage, May 21, 2026:YeaProjected: 93 Swing
ContactCall
4
Maggie GoodlanderDemocrat · New Hampshire 2nd · Lean D+2House Committee on Veterans' AffairsOn the ballot
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Broke with party on 14% of 43 similar votes
Today91Swing
Vote on passage, May 21, 2026:YeaBroke with party
5
Henry CuellarDemocrat · Texas 28th · Lean R+2On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 34% of 138 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: Heritage Action, LCV
90Swing
Vote on passage, May 21, 2026:YeaBroke with party
6
Laura GillenDemocrat · New York 4th · Lean D+2On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 23% of 43 similar votes
88Swing
Vote on passage, May 21, 2026:YeaBroke with partyProjected: 88 Swing
7
Adam GrayDemocrat · California 13th · Lean R+1On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 39% of 42 similar votes
Today87Swing
Vote on passage, May 21, 2026:YeaBroke with party
8
Donald G. DavisDemocrat · North Carolina 1st · Lean R+1On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 30% of 138 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: Heritage Action, LCV
87Swing
Vote on passage, May 21, 2026:YeaBroke with party
8
Michael LawlerRepublican · New York 17th · Lean D+1On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 18% of 137 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: Heritage Action, LCV
Today87Swing
Vote on passage, May 21, 2026:YeaProjected at the vote: 89 Swing (today: 87)
10
Thomas R. SuozziDemocrat · New York 3rd · Lean EVENOn the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 18% of 91 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: Heritage Action, LCV
Today87Swing
Vote on passage, May 21, 2026:YeaBroke with party