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S. 607119th CongressArmed Forces and National Security
Improving Veteran Access to Care Act
Sponsored by Sen. Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH) · 3 active : 2 Republicans, 1 Democrat
Latest action: Held at the desk.
Where it standsBefore the Senate6 senators score as swing votes
Passed Senate
- Senate: passedDec 18, 2025
- House: next
- President: not yet
Summary
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This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish an integrated project team to improve the process for scheduling VA health care appointments. Among other objectives, the team must (1) develop or continue the development of a scheduling system and platform that enables personnel and patients of the VA to view available appointments for VA care, (2) create a process through which patients can telephonically speak with a scheduler who can assist in determining availability and scheduling, and (3) carry out other functions with respect to health care appointments furnished by the VA.
In carrying out its objectives, the team must consult and coordinate with the deployment schedule and capabilities of the VA’s Electronic Health Record Modernization Program.
If the VA determines a required objective or any feature or service in connection with an objective cannot be implemented or incorporated, the VA must report to Congress providing an explanation and setting forth a plan without that objective.
The VA must also report to Congress on the progress in fulfilling the team’s objectives under the bill.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs · SenateReported by · Markup by · Hearings by (full committee) · Referred to
Subjects
- Computers and information technology
- Congressional oversight
- Health care coverage and access
- Health information and medical records
- Health programs administration and funding
- Telephone and wireless communication
- Veterans' medical care
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
How the Senate breaks down
- 6Swing 70–100
- 76Middle 30–70
- 18Entrenched 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-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
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Cosponsors
3 activeShow all 3 cosponsors
- John Boozman (R-AR)
- Jerry Moran (R-KS)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
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.
