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S.Res. 165

U.S. Senate•In Senate Committee

Summary

S.Res. 165, a resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the plan of President Trump and Elon Musk to fire 83,000 employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs is unacceptable and must be rescinded, was introduced in the Senate on Apr 9, 2025 by Sen. Bernard Sanders (I). It was referred to Veterans' Affairs, and last saw action on Apr 9, 2025: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text: CR S2528).

Record

Text

S.Res. 165 has no co-sponsors and has not gone to a roll call.

sres165/introduced-in-senate.txt
119 SRES 165 IS: Expressing the sense of the Senate that the plan of President Trump and Elon Musk to fire 83,000 employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs is unacceptable and must be rescinded.
 U.S. Senate
 2025-04-09
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 III  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  S. RES. 165  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES   April 9, 2025   Mr. Sanders  submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the  Committee on Veterans' Affairs    RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the Senate that the plan of President Trump and Elon Musk to fire 83,000 employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs is unacceptable and must be rescinded.
Whereas, at the direction of President Trump and Elon Musk, the Department of Veterans Affairs is preparing a plan to fire up to 83,000 employees who provide care and benefits to our veterans: Now, therefore, be it
That it is the sense of the Senate that the Department of Veterans Affairs must immediately reject and rescind its Agency Reduction in Force and Reorganization Plan.

Tracker

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  1. Introduced2025-04-09
  2. Passed Senate

CRS Summary

The summaries are the Congressional Research Service’s, one per stage. Read them in full.

Introduced in Senate Apr 9, 2025

sres165/introduced-in-senate.md

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Introduced in Senate (04/09/2025)

Sponsors

Sen. Bernard Sanders (I) sponsors S.Res. 165 alone.

Bernard Sanders

Sen. · I–VT · Sponsor

Committees

S.Res. 165 went before 1 committee: Veterans' Affairs.

Veterans' Affairs
Veterans' Affairs
Referred To · Apr 9, 2025

Actions

S.Res. 165 has taken 2 actions since Apr 9, 2025.

ChamberAction
Apr 9, 2025
Senate
Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text: CR S2528)Veterans' Affairs Committee
Apr 9, 2025
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Introduced in Senate

Votes

S.Res. 165 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

S.Res. 165 goes by 2 titles.

  • A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the plan of President Trump and Elon Musk to fire 83,000 employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs is unacceptable and must be rescinded. — Official Title as Introduced
  • A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the plan of President Trump and Elon Musk to fire 83,000 employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs is unacceptable and must be rescinded. — Display Title

Lobbying

1 client hired 1 firm and 9 registered lobbyists who named S.Res. 165 in 5 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Budget/Appropriations, Government Issues, Health Issues, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION—District of Columbia15—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION15—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
JENNIFER TYREE115
KATHERINE SYBENGA115
MARAM ABDELHAMID115
MATTHEW SOCKNAT115
MATTHEW SOWARDS115
KURT VORNDRAN114
REGINA HUTTER114
COLLEEN COSTELLO111
JOSH NASSAR111

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNIONNATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION2025 fourth_quarter$350K4th Quarter - Report
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNIONNATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION2025 second_quarter$350K2nd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNIONNATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION2026 second_quarter$340K2nd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNIONNATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION2026 first_quarter$310K1st Quarter - Report
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNIONNATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION2025 third_quarter$300K3rd Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files S.Res. 165 under Armed Forces and National Security, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; S.Res. 165’s is Armed Forces and National Security.

sres165/policy-areas.txt
Armed Forces and National SecurityAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com