SRES 105 · 119th Congress 2025–2027

A resolution condemning the mass terminations of employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs carried out with no justification or analysis of the impact on veterans and their families.

Introduced Mar 4, 2025 Originated Senate Sponsor Richard Blumenthal D-CT

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Latest action · Mar 4, 2025 Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text: CR S1500)

Progress

Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried. A simple resolution is the business of one chamber alone: it is not sent to the other chamber or to the President, and does not become law.

  1. IntroducedMar 4, 2025
  2. Agreed to in SenateNot reached

Summary

This resolution expresses the sense of the Senate that the mass terminations of employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs should be condemned. The resolution also expresses that all affected employees should be reinstated.

Cosponsors 32

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Mar 4, 2025.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAdam B. SchiffOriginalMar 4, 2025
D-CAAlex PadillaOriginalMar 4, 2025
D-MNAmy KlobucharOriginalMar 4, 2025
D-MDAngela D. AlsobrooksOriginalMar 4, 2025
D-NMBen Ray LujánOriginalMar 4, 2025
I-VTBernard SandersOriginalMar 4, 2025
D-HIBrian SchatzOriginalMar 4, 2025
D-NVCatherine Cortez MastoOriginalMar 4, 2025
D-MDChris Van HollenOriginalMar 4, 2025
D-NJCory A. BookerOriginalMar 4, 2025
D-MIElissa SlotkinOriginalMar 4, 2025
D-MAElizabeth WarrenOriginalMar 4, 2025
D-MIGary C. PetersOriginalMar 4, 2025
D-NVJacky RosenOriginalMar 4, 2025
D-NHJeanne ShaheenOriginalMar 4, 2025
D-ORJeff MerkleyOriginalMar 4, 2025
D-COJohn W. HickenlooperOriginalMar 4, 2025
D-NHMargaret Wood HassanOriginalMar 4, 2025
D-AZMark KellyOriginalMar 4, 2025
D-VAMark R. WarnerOriginalMar 4, 2025
D-NMMartin HeinrichOriginalMar 4, 2025
D-HIMazie K. HironoOriginalMar 4, 2025
D-WAPatty MurrayOriginalMar 4, 2025
D-GARaphael G. WarnockOriginalMar 4, 2025
D-ILRichard J. DurbinOriginalMar 4, 2025
D-ORRon WydenOriginalMar 4, 2025
D-AZRuben GallegoOriginalMar 4, 2025
D-RISheldon WhitehouseOriginalMar 4, 2025
D-WITammy BaldwinOriginalMar 4, 2025
D-ILTammy DuckworthOriginalMar 4, 2025
D-VATim KaineOriginalMar 4, 2025
D-MNTina SmithOriginalMar 4, 2025

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
SenateVeterans' Affairs Committee
Referred Mar 4, 2025

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 4, 2025Introduced in Senate
  2. Mar 4, 2025Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text: CR S1500)

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this resolution, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
SenateDebate and remarks S1479–S1482Text printed S1500Gary C. Peters D-MI, Jerry Moran R-KS, Mark Kelly D-AZ, Richard Blumenthal D-CT, Sheldon Whitehouse D-RIMar 4, 2025

Titles 1

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
A resolution condemning the mass terminations of employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs carried out with no justification or analysis of the impact on veterans and their families.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 4, 2025Introduced in Senate

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