Richard Blumenthal

U.S. Senator (Class 3), CT

Democratic Connecticut since Jan 3, 2023

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Issue areas

Derived from issue-tagged bills they sponsored and stated positions — each links to the underlying record. 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
US Senate District Connecticut United States	Democratic	Jan 3, 2017	Jan 3, 2023	openstates/people 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 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)

Vote	Position	Date	Result	Source
SRES 412 — An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar.	Nay	Oct 1, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Hung Cao, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of the Navy	Nay	Oct 1, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Hung Cao to be Under Secretary of the Navy	Nay	Oct 1, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5371 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026	Nay	Oct 1, 2025	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 2882 — Continuing Appropriations and Extensions and Other Matters Act, 2026	Yea	Oct 1, 2025	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5371 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026	Nay	Sep 30, 2025	Bill Defeated	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 2882 — Continuing Appropriations and Extensions and Other Matters Act, 2026	Yea	Sep 30, 2025	Bill Defeated	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 2806 — Eliminate Shutdowns Act	Nay	Sep 29, 2025	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Michael G. Waltz, of Florida, to be Representative of the United States of America to the General Assembly of the United…	Nay	Sep 29, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Michael G. Waltz to be Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of…	Nay	Sep 29, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Michael G. Waltz, of Florida, to be the Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations	Nay	Sep 19, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Michael G. Waltz to be Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations	Nay	Sep 19, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5371 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026	Nay	Sep 19, 2025	Bill Defeated	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 2882 — Continuing Appropriations and Extensions and Other Matters Act, 2026	Yea	Sep 19, 2025	Bill Defeated	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Executive Calendar Nos: 89, 105, 107, 121, 122, 123, 124, 132, 133, 135, 136, 137, 139, 141, 142, 152, 153, 154, 156, 157…	Nay	Sep 18, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Executive Calendar Nos: 89, 105, 107, 121, 122, 123, 124, 132, 133, 135, 136, 137, 139, 141, 142, 152, 153, 154…	Nay	Sep 17, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Shall the Decision of the Chair stand as the Judgment of the Senate?	Yea	Sep 17, 2025	Decision of Chair Not Sustained	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Reconsider the Vote by which the Motion to Invoke Cloture on Executive Calendar Nos. en bloc (Roll Call Vote No. 522) was not…	Nay	Sep 17, 2025	Motion to Reconsider Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Executive Calendar Nos: 89, 105, 107, 121, 122, 123, 124, 132, 133, 135, 136, 137, 139, 141, 142, 152, 153, 154…	Nay	Sep 17, 2025	Cloture Motion Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SCONRES 22 — A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2026 and setting forth the…	Nay	Sep 16, 2025	Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 60 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the…	Yea	Sep 16, 2025	Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Stephen Miran, of New York, to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System	Nay	Sep 15, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Stephen Miran to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System	Nay	Sep 15, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SRES 377 — An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar.	Nay	Sep 15, 2025	Resolution Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SRES 377 — An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar.	Nay	Sep 11, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD

Campaign funding

1,000 recorded contributions totalling $486,348. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 445 of 1000 classified so far.

Funding type	Contributions	Total	Share
Big donor	35	$111,600	23%
Party	5	$67,000	14%
Corporate PAC	6	$35,710	7%
Small-dollar	399	$17,600	4%
Unclassified	555	$254,438	52%

Largest contributions

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

Largest by amount; not the full set. FEC contributor data may not be used for commercial solicitation.