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
s2344-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo expand Americans’ access to the ballot box and reduce the influence of big money in politics, and for other purposes.
s2313-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo provide grants to States that do not suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew a driver's license of a person or refuse to renew a registration of a motor vehicle for failure to pay a civil or criminal fine or fee, and for other purposes.
s2327-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo provide support for nationals of Afghanistan who supported the United States mission in Afghanistan, adequate vetting for parolees from Afghanistan, adjustment of status for eligible individuals, and special immigrant status for at-risk Afghan allies and relatives of certain members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.
s2279-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit panic defenses based on sexual orientation or gender identity or expression.
s2258-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to permit supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits to be used to purchase additional types of food items.
s2257-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend the Federal Reserve Act to add additional demographic reporting requirements, to modify the goals of the Federal Reserve System, and for other purposes.
s2253-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide increased labor law protections for agricultural workers, and for other purposes.
s2280-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo protect our Social Security system and improve benefits for current and future generations.
s2245-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo require a review of women and lung cancer, and for other purposes.
s2236-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the temporary limitation on personal casualty losses.
s2246-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo authorize the appropriation of funds to the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for conducting or supporting research on barriers to gender-affirming care.
s2221-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify that all provisions shall apply to legally married same-sex couples in the same manner as other married couples, and for other purposes.
s2217-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to provide full Federal funding of such part.
s2176-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo prohibit commercial sexual orientation conversion therapy, and for other purposes.
sres285-118
Cosponsor In CommitteeTo provide for the approval of final regulations relating to Federal service labor-management relations that are applicable to the Senate and the employees of the Senate, and that were issued by the Office of Compliance, now known as the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights, on August 19, 1996, and for other purposes.
s2152-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo authorize grants to eligible entities to pay for travel-related expenses and logistical support for individuals with respect to accessing abortion services, and for other purposes.
s2120-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo direct the Attorney General to include a data field in the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System to indicate whether the last known location of a missing person was confirmed or was suspected to have been on Federal land, and for other purposes.
sres268-118
Cosponsor In CommitteeResponding to the threat posed by the Russian Federation's deployment of tactical nuclear weapons, and for other purposes.
sres276-118
Cosponsor In CommitteeExpressing opposition to the use of State power against people in the United States seeking essential health care, including criminalization of the full range of sexual and reproductive health care such as abortion, gender-affirming care, and contraceptive care, and disapproving of State punishment of people for their pregnancy outcomes.
s2171-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo permit legally married same-sex couples to amend their filing status for tax returns outside the statute of limitations.
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