U.S. House · 119th Congress, session 1 · Roll call 90

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

H.R. 1039: Clear Communication for Veterans Claims Act

To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to seek to enter into an agreement with a federally funded research and development center for an assessment of notice letters that the Secretary sends to claimants for benefits under laws administered by the Secretary, and for other purposes.

Passed · 412 Yea

Held: April 7, 2025, 7:02 PM EDT
Vote type: Final passage
Party-unity vote: No
Official record: clerk.house.gov

How each party voted

Members are shown in the party they belonged to on the day of the vote, as the official record lists them. In our statistics, independents are counted with the party they caucus with.

Vote	Republican	Democrat	Total
Yea	205	207	412
Not voting	15	6	21
Members	220	213	433

How each member voted

Yea (412)

Alma S. Adams (D-NC-12)
Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL-4)
Pete Aguilar (D-CA-33)
Mark Alford (R-MO-4)
Rick W. Allen (R-GA-12)
Gabe Amo (D-RI-1)
Mark E. Amodei (R-NV-2)
Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ-3)
Jodey C. Arrington (R-TX-19)
Jake Auchincloss (D-MA-4)
Don Bacon (R-NE-2)
James R. Baird (R-IN-4)
Troy Balderson (R-OH-12)
Becca Balint (D-VT-AL)
Andy Barr (R-KY-6)
Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA-44)
Tom Barrett (R-MI-7)
Michael Baumgartner (R-WA-5)
Aaron Bean (R-FL-4)
Joyce Beatty (D-OH-3)
Nicholas J. Begich III (R-AK-AL)
Wesley Bell (D-MO-1)
Cliff Bentz (R-OR-2)
Ami Bera (D-CA-6)
Jack Bergman (R-MI-1)
Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA-8)
Stephanie I. Bice (R-OK-5)
Andy Biggs (R-AZ-5)
Sheri Biggs (R-SC-3)
Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL-12)
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA-2)
Lauren Boebert (R-CO-4)
Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-1)
Mike Bost (R-IL-12)
Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA-2)
Josh Brecheen (R-OK-2)
Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr. (R-PA-8)
Shontel M. Brown (D-OH-11)
Julia Brownley (D-CA-26)
Vern Buchanan (R-FL-16)
Nikki Budzinski (D-IL-13)
Tim Burchett (R-TN-2)
Eric Burlison (R-MO-7)
Janelle S. Bynum (D-OR-5)
Ken Calvert (R-CA-41)
Kat Cammack (R-FL-3)
Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA-24)
Mike Carey (R-OH-15)
André Carson (D-IN-7)
John R. Carter (R-TX-31)
Troy A. Carter (D-LA-2)
Greg Casar (D-TX-35)
Ed Case (D-HI-1)
Sean Casten (D-IL-6)
Kathy Castor (D-FL-14)
Joaquin Castro (D-TX-20)
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL-20)
Judy Chu (D-CA-28)
Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ-6)
Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA-31)
Katherine M. Clark (D-MA-5)
Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY-9)
Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO-5)
Ben Cline (R-VA-6)
Michael Cloud (R-TX-27)
James E. Clyburn (D-SC-6)
Andrew S. Clyde (R-GA-9)
Steve Cohen (D-TN-9)
Tom Cole (R-OK-4)
Mike Collins (R-GA-10)
Herbert C. Conaway, Jr. (D-NJ-3)
J. Luis Correa (D-CA-46)
Jim Costa (D-CA-21)
Joe Courtney (D-CT-2)
Angie Craig (D-MN-2)
Elijah Crane (R-AZ-2)
Jeff Crank (R-CO-5)
Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR-1)
Dan Crenshaw (R-TX-2)
Jasmine Crockett (D-TX-30)
Jason Crow (D-CO-6)
Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28)
Sharice Davids (D-KS-3)
Warren Davidson (R-OH-8)
Danny K. Davis (D-IL-7)
Donald G. Davis (D-NC-1)
Monica De La Cruz (R-TX-15)
Diana DeGette (D-CO-1)
Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT-3)
Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA-10)
Madeleine Dean (D-PA-4)
Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA-1)
Christopher R. Deluzio (D-PA-17)
Scott DesJarlais (R-TN-4)
Maxine Dexter (D-OR-3)
Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL-26)
Debbie Dingell (D-MI-6)
Lloyd Doggett (D-TX-37)
Byron Donalds (R-FL-19)
Troy Downing (R-MT-2)
Neal P. Dunn (R-FL-2)
Chuck Edwards (R-NC-11)
Sarah Elfreth (D-MD-3)
Jake Ellzey (R-TX-6)
Tom Emmer (R-MN-6)
Veronica Escobar (D-TX-16)
Adriano Espaillat (D-NY-13)
Ron Estes (R-KS-4)
Dwight Evans (D-PA-3)
Gabe Evans (R-CO-8)
Mike Ezell (R-MS-4)
Pat Fallon (R-TX-4)
Julie Fedorchak (R-ND-AL)
Randy Feenstra (R-IA-4)
Cleo Fields (D-LA-6)
Shomari Figures (D-AL-2)
Randy Fine (R-FL-6)
Brad Finstad (R-MN-1)
Michelle Fischbach (R-MN-7)
Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI-5)
Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1)
Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN-3)
Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX-7)
Mike Flood (R-NE-1)
Bill Foster (D-IL-11)
Valerie P. Foushee (D-NC-4)
Virginia Foxx (R-NC-5)
Lois Frankel (D-FL-22)
Scott Franklin (R-FL-18)
Laura Friedman (D-CA-30)
Maxwell Frost (D-FL-10)
Russell Fry (R-SC-7)
Russ Fulcher (R-ID-1)
John Garamendi (D-CA-8)
Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY-2)
Robert Garcia (D-CA-42)
Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX-29)
Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL-4)
Brandon Gill (R-TX-26)
Laura Gillen (D-NY-4)
Carlos A. Gimenez (R-FL-28)
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA-3)
Jared F. Golden (D-ME-2)
Craig A. Goldman (R-TX-12)
Daniel S. Goldman (D-NY-10)
Jimmy Gomez (D-CA-34)
Tony Gonzales (R-TX-23)
Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX-34)
Lance Gooden (R-TX-5)
Maggie Goodlander (D-NH-2)
Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ-9)
Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-5)
Sam Graves (R-MO-6)
Adam Gray (D-CA-13)
Al Green (D-TX-9)
Mark E. Green (R-TN-7)
Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA-14)
H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA-9)
Glenn Grothman (R-WI-6)
Michael Guest (R-MS-3)
Brett Guthrie (R-KY-2)
Harriet M. Hageman (R-WY-AL)
Abraham J. Hamadeh (R-AZ-8)
Josh Harder (D-CA-9)
Mike Haridopolos (R-FL-8)
Pat Harrigan (R-NC-10)
Andy Harris (R-MD-1)
Mark Harris (R-NC-8)
Diana Harshbarger (R-TN-1)
Jahana Hayes (D-CT-5)
Kevin Hern (R-OK-1)
Clay Higgins (R-LA-3)
J. French Hill (R-AR-2)
James A. Himes (D-CT-4)
Ashley Hinson (R-IA-2)
Steven Horsford (D-NV-4)
Erin Houchin (R-IN-9)
Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA-6)
Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD-5)
Val T. Hoyle (D-OR-4)
Richard Hudson (R-NC-9)
Jared Huffman (D-CA-2)
Bill Huizenga (R-MI-4)
Jeff Hurd (R-CO-3)
Darrell Issa (R-CA-48)
Glenn Ivey (D-MD-4)
Brian Jack (R-GA-3)
Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL-1)
Ronny Jackson (R-TX-13)
Sara Jacobs (D-CA-51)
Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-7)
Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY-8)
Dusty Johnson (R-SD-AL)
Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA-4)
Julie Johnson (D-TX-32)
Mike Johnson (R-LA-4)
Jim Jordan (R-OH-4)
David P. Joyce (R-OH-14)
John Joyce (R-PA-13)
Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA-37)
Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-9)
Thomas H. Kean, Jr. (R-NJ-7)
William R. Keating (D-MA-9)
Mike Kelly (R-PA-16)
Robin L. Kelly (D-IL-2)
Trent Kelly (R-MS-1)
Timothy M. Kennedy (D-NY-26)
Ro Khanna (D-CA-17)
Kevin Kiley (R-CA-3)
Young Kim (R-CA-40)
Brad Knott (R-NC-13)
Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-8)
David Kustoff (R-TN-8)
Darin LaHood (R-IL-16)
Nick LaLota (R-NY-1)
Doug LaMalfa (R-CA-1)
Greg Landsman (D-OH-1)
Nicholas A. Langworthy (R-NY-23)
Rick Larsen (D-WA-2)
John B. Larson (D-CT-1)
George Latimer (D-NY-16)
Robert E. Latta (R-OH-5)
Michael Lawler (R-NY-17)
Laurel M. Lee (R-FL-15)
Summer L. Lee (D-PA-12)
Susie Lee (D-NV-3)
Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM-3)
Julia Letlow (R-LA-5)
Mike Levin (D-CA-49)
Sam T. Liccardo (D-CA-16)
Ted Lieu (D-CA-36)
Zoe Lofgren (D-CA-18)
Barry Loudermilk (R-GA-11)
Frank D. Lucas (R-OK-3)
Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL-13)
Morgan Luttrell (R-TX-8)
Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-8)
Nancy Mace (R-SC-1)
Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA-7)
Seth Magaziner (D-RI-2)
Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY-11)
Tracey Mann (R-KS-1)
John W. Mannion (D-NY-22)
Thomas Massie (R-KY-4)
Brian J. Mast (R-FL-21)
Doris O. Matsui (D-CA-7)
Lucy McBath (D-GA-6)
Sarah McBride (D-DE-AL)
Michael T. McCaul (R-TX-10)
Lisa C. McClain (R-MI-9)
April McClain Delaney (D-MD-6)
Jennifer L. McClellan (D-VA-4)
Tom McClintock (R-CA-5)
Betty McCollum (D-MN-4)
Richard McCormick (R-GA-7)
Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-MI-8)
Addison P. McDowell (R-NC-6)
Morgan McGarvey (D-KY-3)
James P. McGovern (D-MA-2)
John J. McGuire III (R-VA-5)
LaMonica McIver (D-NJ-10)
Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY-5)
Robert Menendez (D-NJ-8)
Grace Meng (D-NY-6)
Daniel Meuser (R-PA-9)
Kweisi Mfume (D-MD-7)
Carol D. Miller (R-WV-1)
Mary E. Miller (R-IL-15)
Max L. Miller (R-OH-7)
Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA-1)
Cory Mills (R-FL-7)
Dave Min (D-CA-47)
John R. Moolenaar (R-MI-2)
Barry Moore (R-AL-1)
Blake D. Moore (R-UT-1)
Gwen Moore (D-WI-4)
Riley M. Moore (R-WV-2)
Tim Moore (R-NC-14)
Nathaniel Moran (R-TX-1)
Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY-25)
Kelly Morrison (D-MN-3)
Jared Moskowitz (D-FL-23)
Seth Moulton (D-MA-6)
Frank J. Mrvan (D-IN-1)
Kevin Mullin (D-CA-15)
Gregory F. Murphy (R-NC-3)
Jerrold Nadler (D-NY-12)
Richard E. Neal (D-MA-1)
Joe Neguse (D-CO-2)
Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22)
Dan Newhouse (R-WA-4)
Ralph Norman (R-SC-5)
Zachary Nunn (R-IA-3)
Jay Obernolte (R-CA-23)
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY-14)
Johnny Olszewski, Jr. (D-MD-2)
Ilhan Omar (D-MN-5)
Robert F. Onder, Jr. (R-MO-3)
Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ-6)
Gary J. Palmer (R-AL-6)
Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-19)
Chris Pappas (D-NH-1)
Jimmy Patronis (R-FL-1)
Nancy Pelosi (D-CA-11)
Scott Perry (R-PA-10)
Scott H. Peters (D-CA-50)
Chellie Pingree (D-ME-1)
Mark Pocan (D-WI-2)
Nellie Pou (D-NJ-9)
Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-7)
Mike Quigley (D-IL-5)
Delia C. Ramirez (D-IL-3)
Emily Randall (D-WA-6)
Jamie Raskin (D-MD-8)
Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA-14)
Josh Riley (D-NY-19)
Luz M. Rivas (D-CA-29)
Harold Rogers (R-KY-5)
Mike Rogers (R-AL-3)
John W. Rose (R-TN-6)
Deborah K. Ross (D-NC-2)
David Rouzer (R-NC-7)
Chip Roy (R-TX-21)
Raul Ruiz (D-CA-25)
Michael A. Rulli (R-OH-6)
John H. Rutherford (R-FL-5)
Patrick Ryan (D-NY-18)
Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27)
Andrea Salinas (D-OR-6)
Steve Scalise (R-LA-1)
Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA-5)
Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL-9)
Derek Schmidt (R-KS-2)
Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL-10)
Hillary J. Scholten (D-MI-3)
Kim Schrier (D-WA-8)
David Schweikert (R-AZ-1)
Austin Scott (R-GA-8)
David Scott (D-GA-13)
Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA-3)
Keith Self (R-TX-3)
Pete Sessions (R-TX-17)
Terri A. Sewell (D-AL-7)
Brad Sherman (D-CA-32)
Jefferson Shreve (R-IN-6)
Lateefah Simon (D-CA-12)
Michael K. Simpson (R-ID-2)
Adam Smith (D-WA-9)
Adrian Smith (R-NE-3)
Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ-4)
Jason Smith (R-MO-8)
Lloyd Smucker (R-PA-11)
Eric Sorensen (D-IL-17)
Darren Soto (D-FL-9)
Victoria Spartz (R-IN-5)
Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM-1)
Greg Stanton (D-AZ-4)
Pete Stauber (R-MN-8)
Bryan Steil (R-WI-1)
W. Gregory Steube (R-FL-17)
Haley M. Stevens (D-MI-11)
Marilyn Strickland (D-WA-10)
Dale W. Strong (R-AL-5)
Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA-10)
Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY-3)
Emilia Strong Sykes (D-OH-13)
Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA-38)
Mark Takano (D-CA-39)
David J. Taylor (R-OH-2)
Claudia Tenney (R-NY-24)
Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS-2)
Glenn Thompson (R-PA-15)
Mike Thompson (D-CA-4)
Thomas P. Tiffany (R-WI-7)
William R. Timmons IV (R-SC-4)
Dina Titus (D-NV-1)
Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-12)
Jill N. Tokuda (D-HI-2)
Paul Tonko (D-NY-20)
Norma J. Torres (D-CA-35)
Ritchie Torres (D-NY-15)
Lori Trahan (D-MA-3)
Derek Tran (D-CA-45)
Michael R. Turner (R-OH-10)
Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14)
David G. Valadao (R-CA-22)
Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ-2)
Beth Van Duyne (R-TX-24)
Derrick Van Orden (R-WI-3)
Juan Vargas (D-CA-52)
Gabe Vasquez (D-NM-2)
Marc A. Veasey (D-TX-33)
Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY-7)
Eugene Simon Vindman (D-VA-7)
Ann Wagner (R-MO-2)
Tim Walberg (R-MI-5)
Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL-25)
Maxine Waters (D-CA-43)
Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ-12)
Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX-14)
Daniel Webster (R-FL-11)
Bruce Westerman (R-AR-4)
George Whitesides (D-CA-27)
Tony Wied (R-WI-8)
Nikema Williams (D-GA-5)
Roger Williams (R-TX-25)
Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL-24)
Joe Wilson (R-SC-2)
Robert J. Wittman (R-VA-1)
Steve Womack (R-AR-3)
Rudy Yakym III (R-IN-2)
Ryan K. Zinke (R-MT-1)

Not voting (21)

Brian Babin (R-TX-36)
Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA-1)
James Comer (R-KY-1)
Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA-11)
Vince Fong (R-CA-20)
Wesley Hunt (R-TX-38)
John James (R-MI-10)
Mike Kennedy (R-UT-3)
Jennifer A. Kiggans (R-VA-2)
Celeste Maloy (R-UT-2)
Mark B. Messmer (R-IN-8)
Donald Norcross (D-NJ-1)
Andrew Ogles (R-TN-5)
Burgess Owens (R-UT-4)
Brittany Pettersen (D-CO-7)
August Pfluger (R-TX-11)
Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ-11)
Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY-21)
Marlin A. Stutzman (R-IN-3)
Eric Swalwell (D-CA-14)
Shri Thanedar (D-MI-13)