Richard Blumenthal
AnalysisD CT · Senate
Healthcare
+270Defense
-45Government Operations
-116Education
-6Finance
-51Transportation
-171Agriculture
+76Veterans Affairs
+231Energy
-115Environment
+56Labor
+122Technology
-6Criminal Justice
+77Sanctions
-57Trade
-54Housing
+138Foreign Policy
-55Immigration
-134Social Welfare
+144Appropriations
+93Industry Impact Profile
21044 industry impacts
How this is computed
P Primary sponsor · C Co-sponsor · Y Yea vote · N Nay vote
Weighted score (w:) uses strongest role per bill. Weights: Primary 1.0, Co-sponsor 0.3, Yea 0.1, Nay -0.1.
Bills where the legislator voted nay (without sponsorship) contribute -0.1 per bill. Equal yea and nay roll calls on the same bill contribute 0.
Vote date filters affect vote attribution; sponsorship is always included.
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Showing positive and negative-direction effects only. Mixed and uncertain effects are not included in these counts.
Votes by Industry (Yea/Nay Alignment)
How this legislator's Yea/Nay votes landed across industries; distinct from overall bill exposure above.
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| Industry | S+ | S- | O+ | O- | Net |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Government (58 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Veterans Affairs (180),
Defense (158),
DoD (34),
VA (23),
EPA (22)
+53 more
|
-223 | ||||
General Public (5 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Veterans (141),
Military Families (16),
Military (3),
Foreign (2),
Taxpayers (1)
|
+36 | ||||
Defense (14 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Naval (2),
Nuclear (2),
Testing (2),
Ammunition (1),
Ground Vehicles (1)
+9 more
|
-52 | ||||
Military (2 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Families (1),
Space Force (1)
|
+47 | ||||
Healthcare (8 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Research (15),
Community (3),
Gender-Affirming Care (3),
Tribal (3),
Family Planning Services (2)
+3 more
|
+65 | ||||
Education (4 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Child Care (3),
Immigrant Students (1),
Religious Studies (1),
Technical (1)
|
+12 | ||||
Construction (3 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Federal/Military (1),
Military/Pacific (1),
Utilities/Infrastructure (1)
|
+60 | ||||
| Taxpayers | - | - | -18 | ||
Agriculture (5 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Coffee (2),
Commodities (2),
Hemp (2),
Livestock (2),
Coffee Production (1)
|
-98 | ||||
Manufacturing (4 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Foreign (7),
Electrical Equipment (2),
Defense (1),
Foreign Adversary (1)
|
+2 | ||||
| Transportation | +2 | ||||
| Immigration | - | +109 | |||
Financial Services (3 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
HSA (7),
HSA Administration (2),
Transgender Individuals (1)
|
-35 | ||||
State & Local Government (3 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Medicaid (6),
Medicaid Programs (4),
Non-Expansion (3)
|
+15 | ||||
Energy (1 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Distributed Generation (1)
|
-34 |
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Sponsored & Cosponsored Bills
sres774-118
CosponsorDesignating June 15, 2024, as World Elder Abuse Awareness Day and the month of June 2024 as Elder Abuse Awareness Month.
sres772-118
Cosponsor In CommitteeRecognizing the importance of independent living and economic self-sufficiency for individuals with disabilities made possible by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and calling for further action to strengthen and expand opportunities for individuals with disabilities to participate in work and community life.
s4773-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo improve the health of minority individuals, and for other purposes.
s4804-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to enforce certain requirements with respect to for-profit corporations that own health care systems, and for other purposes.
s4731-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to provide for food-based interventions.
s4749-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend title 5, United States Code, to require disclosure of conflicts of interest with respect to rulemaking, and for other purposes.
s4751-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend title 5, United States Code, to establish and clarify the applicable statute of limitations for seeking remedy for a legal wrong due to agency action, and for other purposes.
s4745-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo establish the Federal Food Administration to protect the public health by ensuring the safety of food, preventing foodborne illness, maintaining safety reviews and reassessments of food additives, reducing the prevalence of diet-related chronic diseases, enforcing pesticide residue tolerances, improving the surveillance of foodborne pathogens, and for other purposes.
s4752-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo establish an integrated national approach to respond to ongoing and expected effects of extreme weather and climate change by protecting, managing, and conserving the fish, wildlife, and plants of the United States, and to maximize Government efficiency and reduce costs, in cooperation with State and local governments, Indian Tribes, Native Hawaiians, and other entities, and for other purposes.
s4739-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo advance research to achieve medical breakthroughs in brain tumor treatment and improve awareness and adequacy of specialized cancer and brain tumor care.
s4699-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo provide limited authority to use the Armed Forces to suppress insurrection or rebellion and quell domestic violence.
s4723-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo limit the separation of families at or near ports of entry.
s4713-118
Cosponsor ReportedTo amend chapter 11 of title 35, United States Code, to require the voluntary collection of demographic information for patent inventors, and for other purposes.
s4691-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny the deduction for advertising and promotional expenses for prescription drugs.
sres765-118
CosponsorRelating to the death of the Honorable James Mountain Inhofe, former Senator for the State of Oklahoma.
s4680-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo award a Congressional Gold Medal to Jens Stoltenberg, in recognition of his contributions to the security, unity, and defense of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
s4671-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo limit cost sharing for prescription drugs, and for other purposes.
s4706-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo modernize the business of selling firearms.
sres761-118
CosponsorExpressing support for the designation of the month of June 2024 as National Post-Traumatic Stress Awareness Month and June 27, 2024, as National Post-Traumatic Stress Awareness Day.
s4666-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to apply the ban on contributions and expenditures by foreign nationals under such Act to foreign-controlled, foreign-influenced, and foreign-owned domestic business entities, and for other purposes.
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