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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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
Confirmation: Peter Hegseth, of Tennessee, to be Secretary of Defense	Nay	Jan 24, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Peter Hegseth to be Secretary of Defense	Nay	Jan 23, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: John Ratcliffe, of Texas, to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency	Nay	Jan 23, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: John Ratcliffe to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency	Nay	Jan 23, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 6 — Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act	Nay	Jan 22, 2025	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Proceed to Executive Session to Consider the Nomination of Peter Hegseth to be Secretary of Defense	Nay	Jan 21, 2025	Motion to Proceed Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Proceed to Legislative Session	Nay	Jan 21, 2025	Motion to Proceed Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Marco Rubio, of Florida, to be Secretary of State	Yea	Jan 20, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 5 — Laken Riley Act	Nay	Jan 20, 2025	Bill Passed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Ernst Amdt No. 8, As Amended	Yea	Jan 20, 2025	Amendment Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 5 — Laken Riley Act	Nay	Jan 17, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Coons Amdt. No. 23	Yea	Jan 15, 2025	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Cornyn Amdt. No. 14	Yea	Jan 15, 2025	Amendment Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 5 — Laken Riley Act	Yea	Jan 13, 2025	Motion to Proceed Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 5 — Laken Riley Act	Yea	Jan 9, 2025	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed 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.