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Richard Blumenthal

U.S. Senator · Connecticut · Democrat · Ranking Member, Veterans' Affairs

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we measure

Effectiveness, 119th Congress so far

How it’s measured
1.11· expected 0.95

Meets expectations

Rank 30 of 100 in the Senate · expected = average of 18 minority-party ranking members

How far Blumenthal’s own bills got, weighted by substance. The average member scores 1.00.

  1. Introduced 109
  2. Action in committee 14
  3. Action beyond committee 8
  4. Passed chamber 2
  5. Became law 0

109 bills and joint resolutions sponsored: 1 significant (got a roll call vote), 108 substantive, 0 commemorative. Compare the Senate

How Blumenthal’s ratings compare with every senator

Ratings, 119th Congress

Scores run 0–100 and always sit next to a median. Each tick is one senator; the ringed marker is Blumenthal.

Blumenthal in plain answers: party votes, bipartisanship, who votes alike

99/ 100

Chamber median 98 · 11 missed of 915

Voted on 904 of 915 roll calls; missed 11. Higher than 74% of senators.

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Party loyalty

How it’s measured
99/ 100

Senate D median 96 · Rank 12 of 47

Sided with the Democratic majority on 829 votes that split the parties. Lower than 54% of senators.

75%100%
6/ 100

Chamber median 9 · −3

Average agreement with members of the other party on contested votes. Lower than 87% of senators.

0%30%
−0.43

Democratic middle 80%: -0.51 to -0.23

Left–right position from roll-call similarity (DW-NOMINATE, Voteview), from −1 to +1. Members who vote alike sit near each other.

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Bills, 119th Congress

Sponsored 131 (median 61) · cosponsored 833 (median 307.5), 548 as an original cosponsor (signed on the day the bill was introduced). Medians are for all voting members of the Senate. From congress.gov.

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