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Vote Smart provides easy access to congressional and state voting records and maintains a collection of key votes grouped by issue. Vote Smart uses the following criteria to select key votes:
- The vote should be helpful in portraying how a member stands on a particular issue
- The vote should be clear for any person to understand
- The vote has received media attention
- The vote was passed or defeated by a very close margin
- Occasionally, if a specific bill is consistently inquired about on the Voter's Research Hotline, the vote will be added
Vote Smart provides a summary of the version of the bill text associated with each selected key vote. Our summaries are written by Vote Smart's staff and interns, who adhere to our strict policies and procedures in order to guarantee absolute impartiality and accuracy. They do not necessarily reflect the content of the final version of the bill, but rather the version voted on in that stage. While many procedural votes take place before a full chamber vote, our voting stages reflect the final reading of each chamber vote. Each key vote selection is reviewed by the project's community of advisors, who are political scientists and journalists from all fifty states.
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| Date | State | Bill No. | Title | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 23, 2025 | National | HR 3944 | Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 | Motion Agreed - Senate (90 - 8) |
| July 22, 2025 | National | HR 3944 | Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 | Cloture Invoked - Senate (91 - 7) |
| July 22, 2025 | National | HR 3944 | Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 | Motion Agreed - Senate (50 - 48) |
| July 18, 2025 | National | HR 4016 | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026 | Bill Passed - House (221 - 209) |
| June 25, 2025 | National | HR 3944 | Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 | Bill Passed - House (218 - 206) |
| May 19, 2025 | National | HR 1286 | Simplifying Forms for Veterans Claims Act | Bill Passed - House (386 - 1) |
| May 5, 2025 | National | HR 530 | ACES Act | Bill Passed - House (376 - 5) |
| April 9, 2025 | National | HR 1228 | Prioritizing Veterans' Survivors Act | Bill Passed - House (424 - 0) |
| April 7, 2025 | National | HR 1039 | Clear Communication for Veterans Claims Act | Bill Passed - House (412 - 0) |
| April 7, 2025 | National | HR 586 | Vietnam Veterans Liver Fluke Cancer Study Act | Bill Passed - House (411 - 0) |
| March 27, 2025 | National | PN 13-9 | Nomination of Paul Lawrence to be Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs | Nomination Confirmed - Senate (51 - 45) |
| March 27, 2025 | National | PN 13-9 | Nomination of Paul Lawrence to be Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs | Cloture Invoked - Senate (53 - 47) |
| Feb. 24, 2025 | National | HR 818 | Small Business Procurement and Utilization Reform (SPUR) Act | Bill Passed - House (384 - 25) |
| Feb. 4, 2025 | National | PN 11-5 | Nomination of Douglas Collins to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs | Nomination Confirmed - Senate (77 - 23) |
| Jan. 30, 2025 | National | PN 11-5 | Nomination of Douglas Collins to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs | Cloture Invoked - Senate (83 - 13) |
| Dec. 16, 2024 | National | S 141 | Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act | Bill Passed - House (382 - 12) |
| Nov. 18, 2024 | National | HR 8371 | Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act | Bill Passed - House (389 - 9) |
| June 14, 2024 | National | HR 8070 | Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 | Bill Passed - House (217 - 199) |
| April 30, 2024 | National | HR 3738 | Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration Act | Bill Passed - House (403 - 10) |
| April 30, 2024 | National | HR 1767 | Student Veteran Benefit Restoration Act | Bill Passed - House (406 - 6) |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | National | HR 1948 | VA Employee Fairness Act of 2021 | Bill Passed - House (219 - 201) |
| Dec. 6, 2022 | National | HR 7946 | Veteran Service Recognition Act of 2022 | Bill Passed - House (220 - 208) |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | National | HR 2521 | Delivering Optimally Urgent Labor Access for Veterans Affairs Act of 2022 (DOULA for VA Act of 2022) | Bill Passed - House (376 - 44) |
| Aug. 2, 2022 | National | S 3373 | Honoring our PACT Act of 2022 | Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (86 - 11) |
| July 27, 2022 | National | S 3373 | Honoring our PACT Act of 2022 | Cloture Not Invoked - Senate (55 - 42) |