Richard Blumenthal

U.S. Senator (Class 3), CT

Democratic Connecticut since Jan 3, 2023

Office record: unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

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Topics in their record

Topics found in sponsored legislation and separately sourced statements. Legislative activity on a topic is not presented as a policy stance. AI-derived tags

Environment & Energy 3 Healthcare 3 Transportation & Infrastructure 3 Banking & Finance 2 Civil Rights & Liberties 2 Agriculture 1 Criminal Justice & Policing 1 Defense & Military 1 Education 1 Housing 1 Labor & Employment 1 Social Services & Welfare 1 Technology & Privacy 1 Veterans Affairs 1

Offices & terms

Office	Party	From	To	Source
U.S. Senator (Class 3), CT current Connecticut	Democratic	Jan 3, 2023	Jan 3, 2029	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US Senate District Connecticut current United States	Democratic	Jan 3, 2011	Jan 1, 2030	openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 3), CT Connecticut	Democratic	Jan 3, 2017	Jan 3, 2023	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 3), CT Connecticut	Democratic	Jan 5, 2011	Jan 3, 2017	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US Senate District Connecticut United States	Democratic	Jan 3, 2017	Jan 3, 2023	openstates/people CC0-1.0
US Senate District Connecticut United States	Democratic	Jan 5, 2011	Jan 3, 2017	openstates/people CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs — Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations — Ranking Member unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs — Ranking Member unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Armed Services unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Armed Services — Airland unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Armed Services — Personnel unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Armed Services — Seapower unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs — Disaster Management, District of Columbia, and Census unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on the Judiciary unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on the Judiciary — Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on the Judiciary — Crime and Counterterrorism unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on the Judiciary — Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on the Judiciary — Privacy, Technology, and the Law unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. -0.433, social dim. -0.155. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic

Roll-call votes (840 recorded)

Bill	Motion / question	Position	Chamber · stage · roll	Date	Outcome	Source
HR 5371 Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans…	On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-590	Oct 28, 2025	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-590 US-GOV-PD
	On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-581	Oct 22, 2025	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-581 US-GOV-PD
	On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-576	Oct 20, 2025	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-576 US-GOV-PD
	On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-573	Oct 16, 2025	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-573 US-GOV-PD
	On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-572	Oct 15, 2025	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-572 US-GOV-PD
	On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-571	Oct 14, 2025	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-571 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Nomination	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-589	Oct 27, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-589 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Nomination	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-588	Oct 27, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-588 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Cloture Motion	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-587	Oct 23, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-587 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Nomination	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-586	Oct 23, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-586 US-GOV-PD
S 3012 Shutdown Fairness Act	On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-585	Oct 23, 2025	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-585 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Nomination	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-584	Oct 22, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-584 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Cloture Motion	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-583	Oct 22, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-583 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Cloture Motion	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-582	Oct 22, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-582 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Nomination	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-580	Oct 21, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-580 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Cloture Motion	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-579	Oct 21, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-579 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Cloture Motion	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-578	Oct 21, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-578 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Nomination	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-577	Oct 21, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-577 US-GOV-PD
HR 4016 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026	On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-575	Oct 16, 2025	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-575 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Cloture Motion	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-574	Oct 16, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-574 US-GOV-PD
S 2296 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026	On Passage of the Bill	Yea	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-570	Oct 9, 2025	Bill Passed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-570 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Amendment	Yea	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-569	Oct 9, 2025	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-569 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Amendment	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-568	Oct 9, 2025	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-568 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Amendment	Yea	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-567	Oct 9, 2025	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-567 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Amendment	Yea	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-566	Oct 9, 2025	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-566 US-GOV-PD

Campaign finance

2024 · Itemized receipts loaded

Period Jan 5, 2023–Dec 31, 2024 · verified Jun 21, 2026 · 10:25 AM · coverage: itemized partial · FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD

Gross receipts loaded	Refunds/reversals loaded	Net receipts loaded
$486,348	$0	$486,348

Largest itemized receipts

Cycle	Amount	Donor	To committee	Type	Date	Coverage	Source
2024	$19,000	BLUMENTHAL VICTORY FUND	BLUMENTHAL FOR CONNECTICUT	Party	Jun 29, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$13,500	BLUMENTHAL VICTORY FUND	BLUMENTHAL FOR CONNECTICUT	Party	Mar 30, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$13,000	BLUMENTHAL VICTORY FUND	BLUMENTHAL FOR CONNECTICUT	Party	Dec 19, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$12,393	NGP VAN, INC	BLUMENTHAL FOR CONNECTICUT	unclassified	Jun 13, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
2024	$11,000	BLUMENTHAL VICTORY FUND	BLUMENTHAL FOR CONNECTICUT	Party	Sep 25, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$10,710	CANAL PARTNERS MEDIA	BLUMENTHAL FOR CONNECTICUT	Corporate PAC	Mar 28, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$10,500	BLUMENTHAL VICTORY FUND	BLUMENTHAL FOR CONNECTICUT	Party	Jun 27, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$5,000	NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NABPAC)	BLUMENTHAL FOR CONNECTICUT	Corporate PAC	Jun 6, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$5,000	D.R.I.V.E. - DEMOCRAT, REPUBLICAN, INDEPENDENT VOTER EDUCATION	BLUMENTHAL FOR CONNECTICUT	Corporate PAC	Jul 9, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$5,000	UNITE HERE TIP CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE	BLUMENTHAL FOR CONNECTICUT	Corporate PAC	Oct 3, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$5,000	THOMPSON COBURN POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE	BLUMENTHAL FOR CONNECTICUT	Corporate PAC	Sep 14, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$5,000	AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES (ACEC/PAC)	BLUMENTHAL FOR CONNECTICUT	Corporate PAC	Mar 12, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$4,627	CITIZENS BANK	BLUMENTHAL FOR CONNECTICUT	unclassified	Jul 31, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
2024	$4,589	CITIZENS BANK	BLUMENTHAL FOR CONNECTICUT	unclassified	May 31, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
2024	$4,552	CITIZENS BANK	BLUMENTHAL FOR CONNECTICUT	unclassified	Mar 29, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD

Largest loaded receipts, not a complete total. FEC contributor data may not be used for commercial solicitation.