S 1068 — Putting Veterans First Act of 2025
Congress 119 · introduced 2025-03-13
Latest action: — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Sponsors
- Van Hollen, Chris (D, MD-S) — cosponsor
- Hickenlooper, John W. (D, CO-S) — cosponsor
- Booker, Cory A. (D, NJ-S) — cosponsor
- Wyden, Ron (D, OR-S) — cosponsor
- Cortez Masto, Catherine (D, NV-S) — cosponsor
- Kelly, Mark (D, AZ-S) — cosponsor
Action timeline
- — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- · 10000 — Introduced in Senate
Text versions
- Introduced in Senate · 2025-03-13 — open
Connected on the graph
Inbound (6)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Van Hollen, Chris | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Hickenlooper, John W. | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Booker, Cory A. | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Wyden, Ron | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Cortez Masto, Catherine | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Kelly, Mark | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
Outbound (1)
| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-03 | referred_to_committee | Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee | — | congress-committee |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Booker, Cory A. (D, senate NJ) | cosponsor | 3 | — | 4 |
| 2 | Cortez Masto, Catherine (D, senate NV) | cosponsor | 3 | — | 4 |
| 3 | Wyden, Ron (D, senate OR) | cosponsor | 3 | — | 4 |
| 4 | Hickenlooper, John W. (D, senate CO) | cosponsor | 2 | — | 3 |
| 5 | Van Hollen, Chris (D, senate MD) | cosponsor | 2 | — | 3 |
| 6 | Kelly, Mark (D, senate AZ) | cosponsor | 1 | — | 2 |
Who's influencing them
Orgs ranked by combined money flow on this bill: LDA filings citing the bill + individual contributions in cycle 2026from donors whose employer matches the org name (Schedule A) to any principal committee in the "who matters" list above.
| # | Org | LDA filings | LDA spend | Donor employees | Employee donations | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not employed | 0 | $0 | 4,568 | $268,000 | $268,000 |
| 2 | self employed | 0 | $0 | 247 | $28,824 | $28,824 |
| 3 | self-employed | 0 | $0 | 195 | $15,512 | $15,512 |
| 4 | anthropic | 0 | $0 | 2 | $14,000 | $14,000 |
| 5 | mit | 0 | $0 | 4 | $7,060 | $7,060 |
| 6 | goldbug | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 7 | anthropic pbc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 8 | apollo | 0 | $0 | 2 | $5,000 | $5,000 |
| 9 | brightview senior living | 0 | $0 | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 |
| 10 | retired | 0 | $0 | 38 | $4,498 | $4,498 |
| 11 | freeport | 0 | $0 | 1 | $4,000 | $4,000 |
| 12 | barnes & thornburg | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 13 | unitleader | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,300 | $3,300 |
| 14 | apollo global management | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,000 | $3,000 |
| 15 | 179 bar and grill | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,000 | $3,000 |
| 16 | sutter hill ventures | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,500 | $2,500 |
| 17 | public strategies washington | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,500 | $2,500 |
| 18 | accomplished chimney, inc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| 19 | steren electronics international, llc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| 20 | actumllc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| 21 | westpac welath | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,500 | $1,500 |
| 22 | actum llc | 0 | $0 | 2 | $1,500 | $1,500 |
| 23 | jacoby and meyers | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,125 | $1,125 |
| 24 | mass mutual | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 25 | flagship pioneering | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
6 predicted yes (1%) · 280 predicted no (52%) · 257 unknown (47%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 6 yes / 0 no / 257 unknown · I: 0 yes / 3 no
6 high-confidence positions (voted + sponsor + cosponsor)
- Booker, Cory A. (D · senate · NJ) · cosponsor
- Cortez Masto, Catherine (D · senate · NV) · cosponsor
- Hickenlooper, John W. (D · senate · CO) · cosponsor
- Kelly, Mark (D · senate · AZ) · cosponsor
- Van Hollen, Chris (D · senate · MD) · cosponsor
- Wyden, Ron (D · senate · OR) · cosponsor
Activity
Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; click the date to jump to its provenance.
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Booker, Cory A. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Hickenlooper, John W. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Van Hollen, Chris (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Kelly, Mark (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Wyden, Ron (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Cortez Masto, Catherine (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-03 · was referred to Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee · congress-committee