Great Americans created our National Parks, a legacy that left our world a better place than they found it. Trump’s plan proves the adage “Any jackass can kick down a barn.”
Congress Member Profile|U.S. Senator|Democrat|Connecticut
Richard Blumenthal
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Voting Record — 783
Yes27%
No72%
Present0%
Not Voting1%
Party align98%
Cross-party1%
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Richard Blumenthal
U.S. SenatorDemocratConnecticut
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VA Sec. Collins will face tough questions on Tuesday in a Veterans Affairs Committee hearing about mental health care failings, funding cuts, firings, grant cancellations & much more. He’s stonewalled & slow walked us for too long.
Sadly & shamefully, VA Sec. Collins is degrading & disintegrating mental health care—just when it’s most desperately needed. Abject disregard for privacy in caregiving is hurtful, heartlessly cruel, & simply stupid.
Time & again, Trump has shown that he is willing to sell out America for his own personal profit. $TRUMP represents his newest & most unprecedented, pay-to-play scheme—giving access to the highest bidder while hiding wealth in the blockchain.
The scope & scale of Trump’s brazen, craven crypto corruption is staggering. He has made it clear he is going to use the Presidency to make as much money as he can in office—conflicts of interest & national security threats be damned. That’s why an investigation is beyond necessary.
Our state’s prosperity & progress depends on proper, fair treatment of workers, especially at Pratt where their products are critical to our national defense.
I stand with Pratt Machinists in fighting for basic workplace fairness—decent, well deserved pay, pensions & job security. Workers need long term certainty in jobs & income to make the American dream real.
Trump’s contempt for basic Constitutional rights seems boundless—& deeply dangerous. A President who doubts his most fundamental duty—his sworn oath to the Constitution—is unfit for the office. Defiance of the law is becoming this Admin’s hallmark, with irreparable harm.
Squandering millions of taxpayer dollars on a Trump military Birthday Parade—Army organized, funded, staffed—seems a perfect target for Musk’s so-called waste police. His tech bro squad could try baking a cake instead—& use the savings to rehire federal workers, especially vets.
Army Plans for a Potential Parade on Trump's Birthday Call for 6,600 Soldiers, AP Learns www.military.com/daily-news/2...
Glorious, joyous University of Bridgeport graduation! Proud to join in, congratulating such accomplished, dedicated young people & their friends & loved ones in this wonderful celebration.
This Administration should celebrate the Army’s 250th Birthday by honoring past & present soldiers & reinstating thousands of vets fired from the federal workforce. Spend millions on rehiring heroes, not an extravagant military parade—on Trump’s birthday.
Even considering eliminating long-celebrated Veterans Day on Nov 11 & calling it “Victory Day” seems pretty insulting to veterans. But not surprising for a President who’s called them “suckers” & is dismantling the VA.
We owe them not only our most heartfelt thanks, but also our steadfast commitment to do right by them—giving them adequate compensation, equipment, & health care.
Today we not only mourned the loss of Robert Sharkevich, but celebrated the brave & loyal firefighters, first responders, & public servants who put their lives on the line every day to keep us safe.
Thank you to all the advocates & veterans who showed up at today’s rally in Hartford. Our vets are under attack & the VA is on the chopping block. America depends on our veterans & I will never stop fighting to ensure our vets get the care, benefits, & respect they deserve.
My dad escaped Nazi persecution in 1935 at age 18, arriving in this country with little more than the shirt on his back. This country gave him a chance to succeed. By turning Holocaust remembrance into a political loyalty test, Trump betrays the Museum’s purpose & principles.
Trump’s firing of members of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council who were appointed by Biden reveals a contempt for the apolitical nature of Holocaust remembrance & a disturbing willingness to exploit the memory of genocide for partisan gain. I urge him to reverse these firings.
Meta flagrantly violates the trust of parents & families to pad their pockets. Sen. Blackburn & I have written to Meta demanding they immediately stop offering AI chatbots that can engage in these explicit conversations with minors.
Meta’s AI-powered chatbots on Facebook & Instagram engaged in disturbing, predatory & sexual conversations w/minors. This isn't just an innocent mistake; once again Meta chose growth & engagement over protecting its vulnerable users.
No ordinary entrepreneur would even dream of this kind of crypto deal. Crypto may seem complex & confusing but this catastrophic abuse of power is very simple. It’s undisguised greed.
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Voting History783 total votesExpandCollapse
Voting History
783 total votes
Recent roll calls with party-majority context so it is easier to scan how this member tends to vote.
| Date | Bill | Question | Position | Party Maj | Align? | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-04-05 | H. Con. Res. 14 (119th) | Vote on amendment | YES | YES | ✓ | Amendment Rejected (47-52) |
| 2025-04-05 | H. Con. Res. 14 (119th) | Vote on amendment | YES | YES | ✓ | Amendment Rejected (49-50) |
| 2025-04-05 | H. Con. Res. 14 (119th) | Vote on amendment | YES | YES | ✓ | Amendment Rejected (48-51) |
| 2025-04-04 | H. Con. Res. 14 (119th) | Vote on amendment | YES | YES | ✓ | Amendment Rejected (49-50) |
| 2025-04-04 | H. Con. Res. 14 (119th) | Vote on amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Amendment Rejected (5-94) |
| 2025-04-04 | H. Con. Res. 14 (119th) | Vote on amendment | YES | YES | ✓ | Amendment Rejected (48-51) |
| 2025-04-04 | H. Con. Res. 14 (119th) | Vote on amendment | YES | YES | ✓ | Amendment Rejected (48-51) |
| 2025-04-04 | H. Con. Res. 14 (119th) | Vote on amendment | YES | YES | ✓ | Amendment Rejected (46-53) |
| 2025-04-04 | H. Con. Res. 14 (119th) | Vote on amendment | YES | YES | ✓ | Amendment Rejected (48-51) |
| 2025-04-04 | H. Con. Res. 14 (119th) | Vote on amendment | YES | YES | ✓ | Amendment Rejected (46-53) |
| 2025-04-04 | H. Con. Res. 14 (119th) | Vote on amendment | YES | YES | ✓ | Amendment Rejected (47-51) |
| 2025-04-04 | H. Con. Res. 14 (119th) | Vote on amendment | YES | YES | ✓ | Amendment Rejected (48-51) |
| 2025-04-04 | H. Con. Res. 14 (119th) | Vote on amendment | YES | YES | ✓ | Amendment Rejected (46-53) |
| 2025-04-04 | H. Con. Res. 14 (119th) | Vote on amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Amendment Agreed to (51-48) |
| 2025-04-03 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (52-45) |
| 2025-04-03 | H. Con. Res. 14 (119th) | Begin consideration | NO | NO | ✓ | Motion to Proceed Agreed to (52-48) |
| 2025-04-03 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (52-45) |
| 2025-04-03 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (53-45) |
| 2025-04-03 | S.J. Res. 26 (119th) | Motion to Discharge S.J.Res. 26 | NO | NO | ✓ | Motion to Discharge Rejected (15-83) |
| 2025-04-03 | S.J. Res. 33 (119th) | Motion to Discharge S.J.Res. 33 | NO | NO | ✓ | Motion to Discharge Rejected (15-82) |
| 2025-04-03 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (50-45) |
| 2025-04-03 | H.J. Res. 24 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Joint Resolution Passed (53-42) |
| 2025-04-02 | H.J. Res. 24 (119th) | Begin consideration | NO | NO | ✓ | Motion to Proceed Agreed to (51-46) |
| 2025-04-02 | S.J. Res. 37 (119th) | Approve resolution | YES | YES | ✓ | Joint Resolution Passed (51-48) |
| 2025-04-02 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (52-45) |
| 2025-04-02 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (53-46) |
| 2025-04-01 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (52-45) |
| 2025-03-31 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (49-42) |
| 2025-03-27 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (51-45) |
| 2025-03-27 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (53-47) |
| 2025-03-27 | S.J. Res. 18 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Joint Resolution Passed (52-48) |
| 2025-03-26 | S.J. Res. 18 (119th) | Begin consideration | NO | NO | ✓ | Motion to Proceed Agreed to (52-47) |
| 2025-03-26 | H.J. Res. 25 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Joint Resolution Passed (70-28) |
| 2025-03-26 | H.J. Res. 25 (119th) | Begin consideration | NO | NO | ✓ | Motion to Proceed Agreed to (70-28) |
| 2025-03-26 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (53-43) |
| 2025-03-26 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (52-46) |
| 2025-03-26 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (52-46) |
| 2025-03-26 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (53-45) |
| 2025-03-26 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (53-45) |
| 2025-03-25 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (52-47) |
| 2025-03-25 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (56-44) |
| 2025-03-25 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (56-44) |
| 2025-03-25 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (53-47) |
| 2025-03-25 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (53-46) |
| 2025-03-25 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (74-25) |
| 2025-03-25 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (73-25) |
| 2025-03-24 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (60-31) |
| 2025-03-24 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (62-30) |
| 2025-03-14 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (63-32) |
| 2025-03-14 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (64-33) |
Alignment stats consider only votes where a clear yes/no majority existed for the legislator's party. Cross-party marks divergence where the vote matched the opposite party majority. ↔ indicates cross-party divergence.