Senate bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced

Putting Veterans First Act of 2025

S. 1068Introduced Mar 13, 2025Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Official title: A bill to amend title 5 and title 38, United States Code, to put veteran and military families first and to provide protections for employees, benefits, and programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Sen. Richard Blumenthal D-CT

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Where it went

IntroducedMar 13, 2025
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Latest action: Mar 13, 2025 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

21 cosponsors — 20 Democrats, 1 independent

0 of 21 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Cory Booker (D-NJ), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), John Hickenlooper (D-CO), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Timothy Kaine (D-VA), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ben Luján (D-NM), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Alex Padilla (D-CA), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ron Wyden (D-OR).

More from the sponsor

Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Richard Blumenthal.

Sponsor’s state and district

Connecticut in Congress

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.