I just visited with Afghan refugee Zia S. who is imprisoned in Plymouth MA unlawfully & unconscionably. He served our nation, putting his life on the line as an interpreter for our troops. He was seized by masked ICE agents with no reason. I will fight for his release.
Congress Member Profile|U.S. Senator|Democrat|Connecticut
Richard Blumenthal
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Voting Record — 851
Yes29%
No70%
Present0%
Not Voting1%
Party align98%
Cross-party1%
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Richard Blumenthal
U.S. SenatorDemocratConnecticut
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Richard's ATmosphere Activity
20 recent posts · 114 sponsored · 611 cosponsored
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Right step—stopping India’s blood-money profits at Ukraine’s expense. Now, pass the Graham-Blumenthal Russia Sanctions Bill for bone-crushing steps against China, Brazil & others also buying Russian oil & gas.
Trump’s family separation policy 2.0. Same cruelty & stupidity. Unconscionable & unsustainable. Opposition should unite both sides of the aisle.
RFK Jr. straight jackets science with his self-centered political agenda—crippling potential lifesaving research. Canceling mRNA contracts makes no sense, when we should be searching for every possible vaccine solution to flu, COVID & more.
AI has promise but also huge pitfalls. The blunt truth is Big Tech is robbing artists, scientists & consumers’ data & work to train their AI models—without consent & free of charge. My AI Accountability & Personal Data Protection Act would provide rights & remedies.
Congrats to Ashley Bailey & Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven on the restoration of this beautiful home. At a time when CT is in desperate need of housing, NHS is strengthening communities & empowering families by promoting affordable homeownership.
Trump's executive order to criminalize homelessness is a cruel, calculated attack on our country's most vulnerable. I’m committed to every family having the dignity of a safe home & support to thrive, not just survive.
Blind loyalty to Donald Trump, not intellect or ideological fealty, is the test for judicial nominees. If that priority differs slightly from Trump’s 1st term, the process is identical: deny facts & fact-finding, refuse whistleblower testimony, look the other way, & barrel ahead.
Democracy dies when people become inured to a tyrant’s reality distortion machine—like Trump’s. Cooking the books, shooting the messenger, suppressing the media, & more—all mark the march to tyranny. Constant & cumulative—like Trump’s—they need to be called out & pushed back.
To stop Russia’s war machine, we need to pass my bipartisan Russia Sanctions bill.
We cannot let VA stop providing this care to veterans by ripping away this narrow, targeted protection. I will be fighting as hard & long as possible to reverse this cruel, dangerous new policy. 3 www.13newsnow.com/article/news...
It's disgusting & dangerous that the Trump Admin will strip VA’s ability to provide essential health care to vets in these harrowing situations. It's a harmful & reckless move that reneges on the Department’s promise to provide every vet the health care they earned & deserve. 2/
THREAD: The gov't should not be able to impose a pregnancy on anyone—least of all survivors of rape, abuse, or those whose health is at risk. Current VA policy guarantees that, at the very least, vets who are raped or who could die w/o an abortion can get the care they need. 1/
Scorching sanctions on China, India & Brazil are vital—ASAP, without loopholes—to stop them from buying Russian oil & gas, fueling Putin’s war machine & mocking US Ukraine support. Trump’s tariff orders are a start, but my & Sen. Graham’s Russia Sanctions Bill is a broader solution.
Russian assets, frozen here & in Europe, should be for billions more in vital arms, countering Putin’s continued murderous, bloodthirsty assault.
There’s daylight for Ukraine support—as Senate appropriators move toward modest aid—but larger, surer funding commitments are essential.
At the same time the Trump Admin is cutting health care, nutrition assistance, & emergency services in the name of ‘efficiency’ & ‘savings,’ they have enabled DOGE’s reckless waste of at least $21.7 billion. My new PSI report is a searing indictment of DOGE’s false claims.
As my PSI investigation has shown, DOGE was clearly never about efficiency or saving the American taxpayer money. Instead it wasted at least $21.7 billion. I urge Inspectors General to take my investigation’s findings & initiate a comprehensive review of DOGE’s careless actions.
John Lewis’ only body armor as he crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge—& endured brutal beating—was his courage & conviction. Now we need to make “good trouble,” protecting voting rights against suppression with a bill named for him.
A dark day for the Senate, & the country—confirmation of Emil Bove as a federal appellate judge. Unfit & unqualified, he was rushed to a vote by Republicans, who refused to hear whistleblower testimony or demand DOJ files. Reckless & reprehensible.
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Voting History851 total votesExpandCollapse
Voting History
851 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-10 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (51-44) |
| 2025-06-10 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (48-45) |
| 2025-06-10 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (53-41) |
| 2025-06-09 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (53-43) |
| 2025-06-09 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (51-41) |
| 2025-06-05 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (49-40) |
| 2025-06-05 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (52-43) |
| 2025-06-05 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (52-43) |
| 2025-06-05 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (52-43) |
| 2025-06-04 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (57-38) |
| 2025-06-04 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (48-46) |
| 2025-06-04 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (51-46) |
| 2025-06-04 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (60-37) |
| 2025-06-04 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (51-46) |
| 2025-06-03 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (72-26) |
| 2025-06-03 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (66-28) |
| 2025-06-03 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (59-36) |
| 2025-06-03 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (59-37) |
| 2025-06-03 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (51-46) |
| 2025-06-02 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (51-45) |
| 2025-05-22 | H.J. Res. 89 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Joint Resolution Passed (49-46) |
| 2025-05-22 | H.J. Res. 89 (119th) | Begin consideration | NO | NO | ✓ | Motion to Proceed Agreed to (51-46) |
| 2025-05-22 | H.J. Res. 87 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Joint Resolution Passed (51-45) |
| 2025-05-22 | H.J. Res. 87 (119th) | Begin consideration | NO | NO | ✓ | Motion to Proceed Agreed to (51-46) |
| 2025-05-22 | H.J. Res. 88 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Joint Resolution Passed (51-44) |
| 2025-05-21 | H.J. Res. 88 (119th) | Begin consideration | NO | NO | ✓ | Motion to Proceed Agreed to (51-46) |
| 2025-05-21 | S.J. Res. 55 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Joint Resolution Passed (51-46) |
| 2025-05-21 | S.J. Res. 55 (119th) | Point of Order S.J.Res. 55 | NO | NO | ✓ | Point of Order Sustained (51-46) |
| 2025-05-21 | S.J. Res. 55 (119th) | Point of Order S.J.Res. 55 | NO | NO | ✓ | Point of Order Sustained (51-46) |
| 2025-05-21 | S.J. Res. 55 (119th) | Motion to Adjourn S.J.Res. 55 | YES | YES | ✓ | Motion to Adjourn Rejected (46-51) |
| 2025-05-21 | — | Motion (Motion to Recess for Ten Minutes) | YES | YES | ✓ | Motion Rejected (45-52) |
| 2025-05-21 | — | Motion (Motion to Recess for Fifteen Minutes) | YES | YES | ✓ | Motion Rejected (46-51) |
| 2025-05-21 | — | Motion (Motion to Recess for Thirty Minutes) | YES | YES | ✓ | Motion Rejected (46-51) |
| 2025-05-21 | — | Motion (Motion to Recess for 60 Minutes) | YES | YES | ✓ | Motion Rejected (45-51) |
| 2025-05-21 | — | Motion (Motion to Recess for Ninety Minutes) | YES | YES | ✓ | Motion Rejected (46-51) |
| 2025-05-21 | S.J. Res. 55 (119th) | Kill the motion | NO | NO | ✓ | Motion to Table Agreed to (51-46) |
| 2025-05-21 | S.J. Res. 55 (119th) | Kill the motion | YES | YES | ✓ | Motion to Table Failed (46-52) |
| 2025-05-21 | S.J. Res. 55 (119th) | Begin consideration | NO | NO | ✓ | Motion to Proceed Agreed to (53-46) |
| 2025-05-21 | S. 1582 (119th) | Begin consideration | NO | NO | ✓ | Motion to Proceed Agreed to (69-31) |
| 2025-05-19 | S. 1582 (119th) | End filibuster to begin debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to (66-32, 3/5 majority required) |
| 2025-05-19 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (51-45) |
| 2025-05-19 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (52-46) |
| 2025-05-15 | S. Res. 195 (119th) | Motion to Discharge S.Res. 195 | YES | YES | ✓ | Motion to Discharge Rejected (45-50) |
| 2025-05-15 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (51-46) |
| 2025-05-14 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (52-47) |
| 2025-05-14 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (52-45) |
| 2025-05-14 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (51-45) |
| 2025-05-14 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (54-43) |
| 2025-05-14 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (53-43) |
| 2025-05-14 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (51-46) |
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.